Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 10: To assess the loss of lives and damages caused to property by flash floods and landslides, Minister for Housing, Horticulture, Culture, Youth Services and Sports, Raman Bhalla, today visited remote villages Panjer, Saddal and Muttal in Panchari of Udhampur district.
District Development Commissioner, Udhampur, Yasha Mudgal, Senior Superintendent of Police Udhampur Suleman Chowdhary besides other senior officers of Revenue, PHE, PDD, R&B, UEED and Army accompanied the Minister.
Mr. Bhalla expressed sympathies with the affected families and issued directions to the officers to immediately undertake rescue operations so that the loss of life and property could be minimised.
The Minister directed the Revenue Officers for making report of damages of loss of lives and property. He appealed the people to come directly to the respective Patwaris of their areas to determine the authenticity of the case for making claims of loss of lives and house damages. He directed to provide medicines; tents, tarpals, ration and other required infrastructure for all the flood and landslide hit families of Panjer and Muttal villages.
Mr. Bhalla called upon the people to help the Government voluntarily in saving the lives and property of the flood affected families. He enquired about the prevailing situation at different villages of Panchari and assured of all required help by the administration.
Regarding restoration of damaged public infrastructure including road connectivity, drinking water supply, power, the Minister asked the concerned officers to ensure that all works are done on priority so that damages are restricted to the minimum and people do not suffer due to non availability of required men and machinery.
Earlier, Bhalla visited Bandhu Rakh and inspected the damage caused to Bandhu Rakh-Bishnah Bridge which was washed away due to flash floods.
The Minister asked the R&B officers to immediately restore the damages of the bridge so that road connectivity to Bandhu Rakh-Bishnah people could be restored at the earliest.
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