- ADC Baramulla visits inundated areas
BARAMULLA: In view of the recent incessant rains across the district, Additional Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Bashir Ahmad Khan today visited many inundated and vulnerable areas of the District. The ADC was accompanied by a team of Officers comprising Sub Divisional Magistrate Sopore, Dr. Nasir Ahmad Lone, Sub Divisional Magistrate Pattan, District Social Welfare Officer Baramulla and officers of Irrigation and Flood Control Department. The team visited various affected areas of Sopore and Pattan sub-divisions.
Many families were evacuated in villages namely, Panzipora, Haritaar, Rakhi-Hygam, Ali Bagh, Trikulbul, Hanjivera and Agrikalan villages. At these villages and many other places, boats were pressed into service in order to evacuate the people from the inundated areas and to facilitate their movement. The ADC informed that administration is fully alert to deal with any emerging situation on account of rains. He directed the concerned officers at Pattan and Sopore to ensure that every basic facility is extended to the affected people. He impressed upon them that wherever necessary relief camps must be established and families should be shifted to these camps. He said tents and blankets have already been kept in place in sufficient quantity to combat any exigency.