Srinagar, Aug 24 (KNS): Expressing the concern over the violations of COVID 19 SOPs by public and private agencies in Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum has raised an alarm that if the derailing situation is not controlled by the stakeholders it will take a heavy toll on life and health amid the prevailing pandemic .
In a statement JKCSF Chairman Abdul Qayoom Wani has taken a dig on the functionaries of various govt and semi govt agencies and departments and even on the top bureaucrats and advisors for allowing and being part of the gatherings which the same govt is claiming prohibited to be conducted under the guidelines of MHA and WHO to safeguard the public health particularly amid COVID 19.
Wani said that it was all surprising that on one hand the same authorities issue orders for the imposition of SOPs but on the other hand the officers from top to bottom are seen part of the govt held gatherings in the name of various functions thus violating the very concept of the SOPs on the ground.
He asked by doing this one fails to understand afterall who is to be betrayed and deceived and harmed but none other than the self and the society we belong to.
Wani said that the statistics of the COVID 19 reveal that the situation is alarming with each passing day but the authorities are not serious about the implementation of the SOPs than the mere formal orders on papers. Wani said that foreign communities have opened the lockdown but with a fool proof and pro-implementation mechanism. But to violate the SOPs and the guidelines on the hands of lawmakers, managers and administration turns the results counterproductive for general masses and ignorant people shun away the SOPs thinking it as a mockery. Nowhere SOPs are seen in vogue in offices, markets and other public places at a time when the situation of COVID 19 is enough vulnerable.
Wani said that adventures, functions, inaugurations, ribbon sermonizes, sports and even the classroom schooling can wait but life and health can’t be compromise at any cost.(KNS)