Excelsior Correspondent
BUDGAM, Aug 2: Chairman People’s Democratic Front (PDF ) and former minister Hakeem Mohd Yaseen has urged the government to provide relief and compensation to the affected families of Khansahib area immediately whose property, crops and cattle were destroyed during the recent flash floods in the area.
He was talking to various deputations from Khansahib, who called on him on Tuesday, to apprise him about various problems confronting them. The deputationists from Chillbrass and Arizal area complained that they have not been provided any kind of relief or compensation in lieu of heavy losses caused to their property, crops and cattle due to recent incessant rains and flash flood in the area till date. The deputationists also complained that no officer or concerned field agencies have so far visited the affected families to assess the quantum of damage caused due to the natural calamity.
Yaseen while expressing concern over the insensitiveness of the administration towards people’s problems, assured them that their issues will be conveyed to concerned authorities including Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, District Development Commissioner Budgam and the concerned district officers for seeking redressal of their grievances. He said that recent flash floods have wrecked havoc to crops, life and property in various areas of Khansahib constituency adding that government was duty bound to come to the rescue of the affected families as they have completely lost their livelihood.
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