Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 5: The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Jammu today paid tributes to minority community people, who lost their precious lives in the ghastly terror strike in village Dhangri of district Rajouri that left the entire Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir into deep pain and anger.
In a programme held at Chamber House Jammu, Arun Gupta, president CCI Jammu along with its office bearers prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and courage to kith and kin to bear with the irreparable loss inflicted upon them by the ultras working on the behest of Pakistan.
Later talking to media persons, Gupta said that the situation in J&K has turned grim with terrorists now carrying out targeted killings at their will in Jammu region as well.
“After the killing spree in the Valley wherein many lives perished under the targeted killing ploy of the terror outfits, the situation in Jammu province has become crucial and if the government will not take some out of the box steps, it will become difficult for the common man to live under such situation where fear psychosis is ruling the roost,” he added.
CCI President asked the LG’s administration to brace-up the security grid and mobilize the intelligence network to ensure that such horrendous attacks should be stopped in the coming time. He urged the government to leave no stone unturned to bring to book the terrorists involved in this barbaric act of violence.
Arun Gupta also blamed the administration for disarming the Village Defence Committees (VDCs) especially in border districts of Rajouri and Poonch to put their lives at risk. He said had the VDCs not been disarmed in Upper Dhangri, precious lives of six innocent people would have not been lost.
He said the VDCs constituted way back in 1996 when the militancy was at its peak in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir have now been made totally defunct by the authorities. “VDCs did a yeoman’s job in combating militancy in erstwhile Doda district as well as other militancy infested areas of Jammu region,” he said, adding unfortunately the Government has disarmed them and made them defunct in various parts of the region due to which the militants got a free chance to strike at will wherever they like.
Jammu Chamber president appealed to the government to establish VDCs along entire border belt right from Lakhanpur to Poonch in Jammu region to check the infiltration and attacks by militants.
Gupta also raised serious concern over not arrest of truck driver involved in recent terror strike at Sidhra. He appealed to the LG Sinha to revamp the entire security network and put the culprits involved in the terror related activities behind the bars.
He demanded adequate security arrangements in the Jammu Province to deter such ghastly attempts by ultras in the future
Those who were present in the meeting include Davinder Gupta, president Fruit Market Association, Surinder Mahajan, Chairman Purani Mandi Trader Association, Anoop Mittal, president Kanak Mandi Traders Association, Ashish Gupta, general secretary Kanak Mandi Traders Association, Dharminder Mahajan, president Shalamar Traders Association, Joginder Gupta, general secretary OHR Traders Association, Vishwamitter, president Shiv Market Railway Station Traders Association, Charanjeet Singh, president Wine Traders Association, Harbinder Singh, Residency Road Traders Association, Harish Gupta, president Pacca Danga Traders Association, Raj Kumar Babbar, president Swarnkar Sangh, Daljeet Singh Bumrah, general secretary Shalamar Traders Association, Ramesh Tak, president Bus Stand Traders Association and many others.
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