Said Less than half of these efforts, taken in time, could have saved several precious  lives lost in past one month

Jammu, May 17 (KNS): Extending support to the efforts of the LG Manoj Sinha for his stepped-up initiatives to create facilities and meet the shortage of manpower to deal with a high number of casualties and rising cases especially in Jammu, JKPCC regretted that less had than half of these initiatives taken well in time could have saved several precious lives, lost in past one month due to inadequate facilities and health Infrastructure in Jammu and elsewhere.

 In a statement issued to Kashmir news service (KNS), JKPCC said that it's time to unitedly fight the prevailing disastrous situation as it is very painful to daily watch the people dying in large numbers and the government has lately realised the acute shortage of manpower and other facilities and the LG Manoj Sinha himself taking control of the situation and ordering recruitment for 250 nurses in three days.
Had these initiatives taken well in time and created the required facilities including manpower, several deaths could have been avoided and precious lives saved.
It was the job of the central government to regularly sanitize the UT administration and monitor the up-gradation of the necessary infrastructure including installation of the necessary equipment besides placement of the required manpower, well before the onset of the second wave, in the UT directly controlled by the union government, said JKPCC leadership adding that the ruling party leaders at the helm of affairs neglected and ignored the health sector especially in Jammu.
 Now the BJP leaders are trying to indulge in damage control by seeking media attention by visiting the important hospitals and issuing unauthorised instructions to the faculty and head of the institutions, which is the prerogative of the LG and other constitutional authorities only and not by anyone simply being a leader of the ruling party. In the process, these publicity-hungry leaders of BJP disturb the doctors and other covid warriors in the hospitals.
These publicity-hungry BJP leaders better approach the highest authorities in the government to put forth their suggestions and wisdom including to the LG himself who is available to BJP leaders more than anybody else instead of indulging in cheap publicity. 
In the past, they never raised their concern over the neglect of Jammu rather used to take offence to all those raising the issue of the neglect and discriminatory treatment of Jammu in different spheres under the BJP regime.
 Now the truth is before the public and the people have lost lives because of lack of adequate facilities including ventilator supported beds, lack of installation of oxygen plants and ventilators as well as acute shortage of required manpower.
The Congress leadership is on record of having reminded the centre government of its responsibilities in view of anticipated threat but the Modi government ignored the warning signals by its own experts. BJP was more interested in wresting away west Bengal and winning other elections, than taking urgent measures to save precious lives.

The BJP government and the ruling party have to one day apologize to the people for their utter failure and neglect for the vested political interests and have to own the responsibility of the casualties and sufferings of the people and must apologise to the victims and their families especially failing Jammu.(KNS)