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SRINAGAR: Calling for a collective effort to get Jammu and Kashmir back on course, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asked the administration to reach out to the people to mitigate their sufferings.
The government is taking various measures to restore calm and it needs support of every section of the society to normalise the situation to end the miseries of the people, the Chief Minister said while speaking at a high-level meeting of the Administrative Secretaries convened here to review the situation on the governance front.
The Chief Minister said besides loss of precious human lives and injuries to scores, the local economy, especially the tourism sector and education have taken a big hit because of the prevailing law and order situation and it is the responsibility of every section of the society including the political leaders, media, the religious heads, the business community, the prominent citizens and especially the emancipated youth to rise to the occasion and help the government in restoring peace and normalcy in the Kashmir.
Asking officers to lead from the front in reaching out to the people and mitigating their problems, the Chief Minister stressed the need for infusing new life in the institutions at the cutting edge level to address the developmental concerns of the public.
Mehbooba said the Government is responsive to the people’s needs and concerned about their problems and is working judiciously and in a transparent manner to fulfill their aspirations and expectations.
She made it clear that her priority is the people and not politics or power. “As long as I am here I would spend every day in mitigating the sufferings of the people,” she said and added that she would like her officers to become partners in this enterprise of hope so that the people get to feel the real change. Emphasising upon strict implementation of the rule of law, the Chief Minister called for keeping a strict vigil on the activities of the anti-social elements who in the garb of law and order situation indulge in encroachments and misuse of state s resources.
The Principal Secretary Home briefed the meeting about the overall law and order situation and the steps being taken to restore normalcy in the Valley.
He said the situation has stabilised in most of the districts and except for some sporadic incidents of protests and stone-pelting the overall law and order scenario has improved substantially. While reviewing the condition of injured and availability of medicines and other equipment in hospitals, the Chief Minister was informed by the Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education Department that out of the 2115 people injured during the prevailing law and order situation, 1924 have been discharged from the hospitals while 191 are still undergoing treatment including 70 people with eye injuries.
The Chief Minister directed that besides providing free medicines and other requisites to the patients, the attendants should be also given free food by the Government.
