Srinagar February 04 (KNS): Senior Vice President J&K Peoples Conference and former Abdul Gani Vakil today said that the administration is invisible at this time of distress due to heavy snowfall in valley. While lashing out at authorities for failing to make proper arrangements in view of the heavy snowfall in the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley .
Vakil said today in a statement that all claims made by government about their preparedness have been exposed as the present snowfall causing immense hardships to the people especially upper belt of Rafiabad and Sopore where the villages namely HamamMarkoot, Doniwari, Keterdaji, Kutru Naribal, Bramen and Rampor Rajpor are totally disconnected from the district headquarter Baramulla. The poor people are suffering due to massive power breakdown, road blockades & scarcity of drinking water and ration etc . All the major roads of upper belt are completely inundated with snow yet to be cleared from the roads. Vakil added.
Vakil urged the UT administration to mitigate the hardship of poor, sick and old people and stressed that the higher-ups in administration need to ensure greater synergy and coordination between various departments especially those providing essential services. The government must ensure that people are provided all basic necessities particularly power, water, Ration without any delay and at the same time emergency services should be monitored and damaged power distribution lines immediately be repaired.(KNS)