Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 31: Jammu and Kashmir Government and its administration has been caught on wrong foot post snowfall in Kashmir valley and ill prepared administrative machinery has put people in hardships.
This was stated by incharge of Youth wing of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Kashmir, Muddasir Hasan in context with situation arising post recent snowfall. “This year snowfall on January 29 and 30 is being considered as the period of highest snowfall,” he said, adding, it has badly affected both surface as well as air traffic.
Muddasir said that this heavy snowfall has created hardships for common masses and poorly prepared Government machinery has swelled these hardships and such poor approach of Government machinery post snowfall is hardly seen.
“It has been seen in past years that Government machinery remains prepared for snowfall situation and basic arrangements are put in place but things have gone reverse this year where only a couple of meetings for the sake of formality have been convened by Government machinery but there are no arrangements on ground to deal with post snowfall situation in rural areas of Kashmir valley,” Muddasir said.
He said that people in rural areas of Kashmir are suffering badly and administration has failed to ensure availability of necessary material in snow hit areas. He said that electricity is snapped in many rural areas of Kashmir valley for last more than 36 hours and due to this water supply has also been badly affected.
Muddasir said that many internal link roads in rural areas are yet to be cleared from snow which continues to affect surface road connectivity. He said that Government should take immediate measures to ensure availability of basic essential services like dry ration and LPG cylinders in rural areas.
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