Govt fails to constitute SDMA to handle flood situations in J&K: NPP

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Daily Excelsior
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 1: Government of J&K has failed to discharge its constitutional duty to constitute State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) for handling the situation created by devastating floods and rains in J&K, twice, within seven months.
Prof Bhim Singh, Chief Patron, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP) told media persons that Supreme Court of India in JKNPP writ petition had directed the State Government to constitute State Disaster Management Authority as early as September 24, 2014 when the Supreme Court constituted five-member committee representing both High Court Bar Associations in Srinagar and Jammu to monitor the relief and rehabilitation work. He added that despite this direction only interim report was submitted by the committee on October 9, 2014 described as interim report.
He said in this report the representatives of Government of India (one), Government of J&K (one), Senior Registrar of High Court (Convenor) and two High Court Bar Association Presidents from Srinagar and Jammu Wings of the High Court remained kept ideal for nearly seven months and not a single meeting was held because the State leaders had no time to do so.
Prof Singh who is pleading for JKNPP petition in the Supreme Court has expressed serious concern on the apathy of the State Government which has not till date constituted/reconstituted the SDMA in spite of the warnings on the changing weather conditions in J&K. The money rushed from New Delhi in the name of Chief Minister’s Fund has not been transferred to State Disaster Management Authority and the Authority did not find its existence anywhere.
He said that writ petition is already pending before the Supreme Court and the JKNPP shall file additional petition seeking a strong authority under Governor’s authority so that State Disaster Management Authority turns meaningful and affective, so that strong measures could be adopted to save the people of J&K from death and destruction caused by floods and rains.

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