Ashok Kumar Former Legislature, Ramban has strongly urged to Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir that instant financial help, Relief and Rehabilitation should immediately be dispensed for those who have lost their dear ones, houses and cattle sheds and Agricultural land along with standing crops in the recent flash floods in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued here, “he said immediate shelters along with food items should also be provided to those who have lost their houses completely in flash flood”.
Ashok has said that several persons have been died due to huge landslides triggered by recent incessant precipitation in our union territory. Ashok has demanded instant relief, financial help should be given to the affected families who have lost their dear ones in this recent catastrophic disaster due to continuous rainfall.
Ashok has stressed that the affected families should be rehabilitated on war footing for their future survival as they are helpless in these critical times of unprecedented disaster. He further said that several katcha/pucca houses and cattle sheds have been damaged completely due to incessant rainfalls. Instant financial help and rehabilitation should be done on priority basis by the concerned departments of the government. Ashok has further demanded that at several places the agricultural land with standing crops have been damaged completely in all district of Jammu division. He said that after complete assessment of damaged crops and agriculture land, compensation should be provided to affected farmers who are totally dependant on cultivation of crops for their livelihood.
Ashok has also stressed that National Highway-44 and all link roads should be restored on priority basis as people especially, who belongs to pahari and remote region of Jammu are facing problems due to closing of National Highway 44 and link roads due to accumulation of debris by landslides. He also stressed for restoration of emergency motorable bridges where bridges have been damaged by flash floods. Lastly, he said new measures like expertization in landslides related work should also be taken for stabilization of landslides on National highway 44 from Udhamphur to Banihal stretch and also on other link roads in hilly regions of Jammu division otherwise there will be landslides on everyday basis.