*Seeks compensation for landslide victims
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 17: All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) today made a fervent appeal to the Government to provide relief to the owners of houses that were damaged in block Gund in Ganderbal on February19, 2023 in a massive landslide.
While interacting with a deputation of local Panchayat members Anil Sharma, president of AJKPC who was on a visit to the district Ganderbal has requested the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir and Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal to depute a team of Revenue officers in Panchayat Halqa Sonamarg ‘C’ of block Gund to access the losses caused by the landslide and award suitable compensation to the victims without any further delay.
Sharma informed that AJKPC had received an information from the local Panchayat members regarding the loss of property of people in this landslide. He further stated that Gund area is a tribal dominated under-developed, and the government must consider the demand of compensation as a gesture.
Later, while addressing a gathering of Panchayat members and senior office bearers of the AJKPC in another Block- wise program in district Ganderbal, the AJKPC president said that the officers must understand that Panchayats are not born in air but are result of lawful provision as enshrined under the Constitution of India thus both Executive and Panchayats must accept co-existence and learn to respect each other.
The participants also raised the issue of establishment of Panchayat Secretariats as was earlier promised by the J&K Government and reminded the administration to take necessary steps in this regard and issue funds in phased manner so that within next 3-4 years all the Panchayats have their own Secretariats.
They said J&K Government had called for establishing Panchayat Secretariats wherein the junior officers of all line departments would be sitting on fixed days of the week to listen the grievances of the villagers of the respective Panchayats. The Panchayat members also reiterated their demand of increase in MGNREGA Labour wages and release of pending dues under material component.
Prominent among who addressed the gathering include Ishfaq Raina, Mushtaq Ahmed, Ameen Bhat, Ramzaan Chodhary, Naseema Bhagum and Mushtaq Malik.
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