Saturday 25 February 2012

Cong MLA Saroori lashes out at Ministers for ignoring erstwhile Doda distt

JAMMU: Creating an embarrassing situation for the National Conference-Congress Coalition Government, Congress MLA from Inderwal, G M Saroori, lashed out at the Ministers for being indifferent towards the erstwhile Doda district.

"The heavy snowfall has caused massive damages in the erstwhile Doda district. More than 100 houses have got damaged and thousands of cattle heads perished", he said during the Zero Hour, adding "from a village entire population has been shifted to the school buildings and they have been facing lots of problems in the absence of ration and other basic amenities".

But, none from the official machinery visited the affected areas to assess the losses, which is pre-requisite for preparation of compensation cases, Saroori regretted, adding "even none of the Ministers found it appropriate to visit the erstwhile Doda district and this shows the approach of the Government towards this area".

"This is unfortunate and not tolerable…. Why discrimination with erstwhile Doda district", he said.

Reacting to the issue, Speaker, Mohd Akbar Lone, directed the Government to undertake a detailed survey of the areas to establish the quantum of loss.

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