STATE TIMES NEWS
NOWSHERA: JKPCC Chief Spokesperson and former MLC Ravinder Sharma on Monday visited remote and border areas of Nowshera-Sunderbani and held meetings with cross sections of society and took stock of the problems being faced by them.
He visited the resident of S. Jasvinder Singh who was injured in the recent public-police clash at Nowshera and lost his eye. Sharma arranged finance assistance of Rs. 60,000 out of his party colleague MLCs CDF and Rs. 10,000 out of his pension for specialised treatment.
Sharma held a meeting of displaced persons of PoK at Lamberi and listened their problems regarding getting relief of Rs. 5.5 lakh etc. The people demanded full amount of Rs.30 lakh to each family, as promised by the Govt.
He also visited Jhanger area to condole the death of a student killed in the road accident. He also interacted with the residents who complained the shortage of drinking water due to non functioning of lift water scheme and met the people of Laroka, Lam border residents who have not been compensated for the loss of lives, their live stock and crops due to firing across the border while the Govt. is making false tall clams.
