STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and MLA-elect from Amirakadal Syed Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday urged the Governor N.N Vohra to prioritize the process of relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims in Srinagar on the same lines as the welfare of displaced people from border areas of Jammu, has been taken by his office.
In a statement issued here, Bukhari said the September deluge has rendered thousands of families across the Srinagar city homeless and their rehabilitation in this chilly winter must be a priority for Vohra.
“These homeless and displaced families who have suffered huge damages due to devastating floods were ignored to the hilt by the NC-Congress coalition and are still struggling for life and waiting for an official help,” Bukhari observed.
The MLA-elect remarked that now with the Governor’s rule imposed in the state money should be no constraint for disbursement of full compensation to the flood affected families.
“The flood hit families have pinned their hopes on his Excellency and same needs to be responded with immediate rehabilitative measures from his office. The primary focus of the Governor should be of providing immediate relief to the flood hit families who are facing difficult times in this winter in absence of proper shelters at their disposal,” Bukhari said.
The PDP senior leader said that till a final call is taken on the government formation, the flood hit victims of Srinagar cannot be put in a suspended state or sidelined with any other official excuses.
“We are hopeful that the central government will not hinder in its delivery and it will act faster on its promise of complete rehabilitation of the flood victims,” Bukhari opined, adding that there should be no delay in rehabilitation of food affected families before the first snowfall or otherwise the same cane prove catastrophic for these families.
