- Highlight need for flood protection DPR for Vij, Dakhil, Hamal Nallas
SRINAGAR: MLA Rafiabad, Yawar Mir along with former Cabinet Minister, Diawar Mir today conducted a whirlwind daylong tour to about fifteen flood damaged villages of Rafiabad constituency and took stock of the damages caused to residential houses, agriculture and orchard land in the area. The villages visited included Watergam, Dangiwacha, Harduchanam, Chajihama, Tragpora, Brandab, Shalkoot, Panzla, Balhama, Shiekhpora,, Brandab Shutloo, Rawoocha,Patoosa and Khushopora.
Yawar Dilawar Mir also inspected houses and orchards damaged due to torrential rains and windstorm in Brandub, Kamber, Khamooha,Panjiwari and Roohama and expressed their sympathies with the affected families.They assured the affected families that the present government is with them in this need of the hour and nobody will be left to suffer .Yawar Mir assured the affected people that the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has already directed his council of Ministers to reach out to the people at their door steps to redress their grievances.
The District Development Commissioner, Baramulla, Peerzada Mushtaq Ahmad and senior engineers and officers of the district administration accompanied during the visit. Yawar Mir asked the district administration to take note of the massive devastation caused due to recent heavy rains in these villages and provide adequate ex-gratia relief to the the victims as an interim relief besides preparing cases for compensation in favour of the affected households and farmers.
Yawar Dilawar Mir asked the Deputy Commissioner Baramulla to get prepared a detailed project report (DPR) immediately to check soil erosion due to gushing waters in Nallah Dakhill ’ Nallah Vij and Nallah Hamal flowing through various areas of the Rafiabad Constituency and elsewhere. They said these Nallas have wrecked massive devastation in the area during the recent incessant rains , causing heavy losses to the farmers. “Besides damaging property, a vast horticulture and agriculture land has been washed away in the entire constituency’, Yawar Dilawar has added .
The team also inspected the Water Supply Scheme at Harduchanam which has been damaged due to a massive landslide causing great hardship to the people. Yawar Mir asked the officers of the PHE department to take concrete measures for re construction of the damaged Water Supply Scheme on war footing basis so that people of the area are provided drinking water without waiting for a long.