Excelsior Correspondent
BANIHAL, Feb 20: NC district Ramban president, Mir Sajjad Shaheen has expressed serious concern over subsidence of a major chunk of land in Duksar village in Dalwah in which about two dozen houses, including a stretch of road suffered damage rendering dozens of people homeless and blockade of Sangaldan-Gool road.
In a handout the NC leader said that relocation of people from the affected area should be done expeditiously and their permanent rehabilitation should be the first priority of Government.
“The Government should work on short and long-term plans to address the situation and depute teams of disaster management along with a team of experts to the affected village to monitor the situation,” he further said.
Shaheen said that care should be taken to ensure that livelihood of the people is not affected and alternate locations should be identified for permanent resettlement of the affected people.
He demanded immediate restoration of Sangaldan- Gool road besides up-gradation of Lohar Mohala Dharam to Gool road as alternate road connectivity to Gool and other areas.
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