Srinagar, April 17 (KNS):The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) has said the Administration is in different to the hardships of stranded people, both within and outside UT and there is total arbitrary exercise of power as well confusion, at various levels.
The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G.A. Mir today said that those stranded within J&K Union Territory are being allowed only on the sole discretion of authorities while those outside are holding protests and hunger strike over the lack of proper response of the authorities, even when they have completed the necessary quarantine periods. The govt should have shifted such people on completion of the required period.
However, G.A. Mir lauded the Punjab government, which made satisfactory arrangements as per various statements of the stranded people and conveyed gratitude the authorities of Punjab Administration.
He regretted certain undesirable incidents with the stranded people by certain miscreants in Himachal and sought appropriate action against the culprits.
The measures of the UT administration with the stranded people outside Jammu and Kashmir were quite inadequate causing lot of avoidable sufferings to the residents of J and K in other states, G.A. Mir said and regretted the unsympathetic attitude of the authorities towards their own people, who were looking for help from their UT Administration.
He said, UT administration should have appointed nodal officers for each state to help the stranded people each state, who could have identified the exact number of people in each state belonging to J and k, in different categories like labourers, students and others.
G.A.Mir sought immediate disbursement of free ration to all poor people and more financial support to the poor strata of the society besides release of pending wages to different categories of poor workers working of casual, need based, temporary and other such categories of the workers and employees in different government Institutions, the statement issued to KNS said (KNS)