Srinagar, May 11 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Monday asked J&K Government to address the issue of stranded people within and outside J&K. They Party also asked the Govt to adopt sympathetic and responsive approach in order to ensure that the Migrant Labourers and stranded people of J&K reach their destinations, keeping in view of the upcoming occasions of Shab-e-Qader and Eid-ul-Fitr.
According to statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), party’s former president Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed and former Minister Taj Mohi-ud-din urged J&K Government to adopt sympathetic approach to the issue of stranded people of J&K stuck in parts of Country and abroad, besides addressing issue of migrant labourers who are stranded within J&K and ensure their return to their respective destinations.
Both leaders expressed concern over the hardships confronting stranded people due to the lockdown and said “The unsympathetic approach on the part of administration on account of granting permission or movement passes to them has made the situation more difficult for them, which is very unfortunate and condemnable”.
The migrant labourers within J&K are forced to run from pillar to post for seeking movement passes, same is the case with stranded people of J&K in different States, they said.
They added the Nodal Officers appointed by the Government for different states do not respond to distress calls of stranded people, the hardships confronting them (stranded people) in other different states can be avoided provided the Govt make its Nodal Officers responsive and sympathetic to people.
Leaders asked the Government to make the process of granting movements passes to Migrant Labourers easy to ensure that they reach their respective destinations, they added and also urged the Govt to bring back stranded people of J&K from different states and abroad keeping in view the upcoming auspicious occasion of Shab-e-Qader and Eid-Ul-Fitr. (KNS)