PDP calls for immediate disbursement of relief

September 23, 2014 18:02

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti today said that delay in rehabilitation work in flood-hit areas of the state could prove 'fatal' and called for immediate disbursement of relief to allow the victims to reconstruct their houses before the onset of winters. "There is an urgent need for disbursement of relief for the reconstruction of houses so that the people could have at least something to live in before the onset of winter," Mehbooba said after visiting several flood affected areas of Anantnag and Bijbehara.

She claimed that the state government has provided tented accommodation only to limited number of affected families while others have been left "at the mercy of God". "The government should have, more than a fortnight after the floods, provided at least tented accommodation with basic facilities of electricity, drinking water and sanitation. However, the situation was still grim on the ground as hardly any effective measure was visible," she said.

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