Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 3: Questioning the move of declaring entire Kashmir as Red Zone, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) today said that only Covid-19 impacted areas subsequently the hot spots were required to be declared as Red and Orange Zones.
The Party also said hundreds of labourers stuck up in different states were beyond the reach of the UT Administration in wake of the procedure laid down by the UT Administration.
JKPCC chief GA Mir has questioned the move of declaring entire Kashmir as Red Zone, stating that only Covid-19 impacted areas, subsequently the adjoining areas were required to be declared as Red & Orange Zones only, as that, this decision has sent a confusing signals among the people in entire Kashmir, making them more apprehensive and restless.
Apparently, the decision was taken in haste, without knowing the complete ground situation, even the current Month of Holy Ramdan, besides the Agriculture season has not been taken into consideration, Mir said.
“I would suggest that the Administration should initiate the process of categorization of only infected areas, subsequently their surroundings as Halqa, Tehsil and ward wise in urban area, then declare these as Red and Orange on the basis of ground reports, the other safe zones must be declared as Green Zones in order to avoid further chaos and fear among the people. People in Kashmir have already been under strict lockdown since 9 months, declaring entire Kashmir as Red Zone has created more panic and restlessness among them,” Mir added.
PCC chief also drawn the attention of UT Administration to thousands of labourers stuck up in Silcher Assam, Kolkata WB, Patna Bihar, Siker Rajasthan, Laksar-Haridwar, Muzaffar Nagar, Bijnoor, Khatuli in UP, Pagwara, Ludhiana, Amritsar in Punjab, who were still beyond the reach of UT Administration in wake of the techniques announced for the return of stranded people.
He also spoke to Advisor Baseer Ahmad Khan in this connection and told him that the procedures laid down for return of stranded people were quite difficult for the labourers to understand, the Administration need to approach them through other means of easy communication, especially through electronic media, enabling them to connect with the concerned authorities for their return.
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