Sonia discusses with Mir J&K situation due to COVID-19

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 10: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi today reviewed overall situation after Covid-19 outbreak in J&K via video conferencing with J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President, G A Mir.
Mir, while holding one to one meet with Congress President via video conferencing, apprised her about the overall situation in J&K, besides the spurt in Covid-19 impacted patients, besides the difficulties confronting students and others, who are currently stuck in other States due to sudden lock down in the country.
G A Mir apprised Gandhi about the difficulties confronting students, businessmen etc, who are stuck in other states and were unable to return to J&K, requesting her to take up the matter with Centre Govt in order to ensure them the required facilities and their early return.
JKPCC President also apprised Sonia Gandhi about the hardships confronting outside labourers in valley as well in Jammu and told her that required appropriate measures for their relief and return to their respective States have not been taken, so far by the State Administration. He told Gandhi that the BPL, AAY & PPH classes were in great difficulty, as the ration and other essential commodities have not reached them as was claimed by the State Administration.
Congress President was also briefed about the steps taken by the J&K PCC, PYC, Mahila Congress, frontal organizations, Cells/ Deptts etc with regard to relief and rehabilitation of outside labourers and others stuck in Jammu as well as in Kashmir due to lock down, besides the proactive role played by the party leaderships & District Congress Committees (DCCs) with regard to ensuring respite to labourers and poor people on account of essentials, medicines, shelter etc.
PCC President also informed that BDCs, Municipal Committees and Corporators of the party are putting in their strenuous efforts from day one to sanitize their respective jurisdictions and beyond that aggressively in order to ensure that the deadly virus do not impact the community.
Sonia Gandhi was urged to impress upon the Centre Govt to upgrade the health infrastructure in J&K, besides intensifying the testing of suspects, on war footing basis, besides ensuring every required facilities to doctors, nurses and other health workers, who are fighting against the deadly virus on frontline.

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