Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 13: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh,who is also the MP from Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Lok Sabha constituency, has announced an immediate initial assistance of Rs. 10 lakh to the victims of cloud burst in Udhampur district yesterday.
In a message to the District Development Commissioner of Udhampur, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Dr Jitendra Singh said that, while he had expressed his sympathies and offered to provide all possible financial and other assistance yesterday itself, today, as a voluntary gesture, he is placing an amount of Rs.10 lakh from his MP-LAD at the disposal of DC Udhampur as immediate assistance to the families who have suffered on account of unusual rainfall.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, he is also making a similar offer to District Development Commissioner of Ramban.
He also suggested that the Government will have to come out with a comprehensive plan to ensure that even if such natural calamities happen in future, the damage occurring thereof could be contained and minimized. In this respect, he also offered to solicit assistance of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Department of Space,Govt of India, who have the capability of predicting and thereafter also providing an assessment of damage through satellite imaging in case of such events.
Meanwhile, a delegation of All India Federation of Diploma Engineers led by its Secretary General, Manmohan Rajbongshi called on Dr Jitendra Singh and sought his intervention for redressal of their long pending grievances relating to pay scales and promotion.
In a memorandum submitted to Dr Jitendra Singh, the delegation pointed out that there were more than 5 lakh diploma engineers in Central and State Governments as well as in autonomous bodies across the country and therefore, giving justice to them would bring satisfaction to lakhs of families across the country.
They also submitted that a large number of selected Engineer candidates do not prefer to join Government Departments and equal number of them who join the Government Departments, quit the job subsequently, because of the poor pay scale and poor career prospects in comparison to pay structure and career prospects offered in private sector.
Dr Jitendra Singh gave a patient hearing to the delegation and said that their various suggestions, inputs and grievances submitted by them, will be put up at the appropriate forum for consideration.
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