SRINAGAR Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Mansoor Hussain, said on Wednesday that the Administration of Governor, Satya Pal Malik, was not serious about compensating the growers whose produce was affected in a recent snowfall here.
Mansoor, in a statement, issued here said that the tall claims of the state administration have fallen flat as there are thousands of areas where snowfall has wrecked havoc and damaged orchards but to everyones surprise not even a single government official has paid any visit there.
The PDP leader accused the Governors Administration of being interested in mere photo shoots in selected pockets of Kashmir while as the areas wherein losses are huge and unthinkable have been left in lurch.
Not a single official from the department of Horticulture has visited South Kashmirs Shangus area where the fruit growers have incurred massive losses to their crops, Mansoor said.
He added that from Gopalpora to Deethu Brah the orchards are spread over to the 22 kilometre long stretch and the recent unseasonal snowfall has damaged the orchards at a large scale there.
However, according to Mansoor, no official has visited the affected populace and made assessment of the losses incurred by the fruit growers there.
How could the government compensate the orchardists when it doesnt know the actual amount of losses on ground and when it hasnt reached to the areas where the damages are high. It is ironical to find out that the Governor is busy in photo shoots and beating the trumpet of mitigating the losses. The situation on ground is belying such claims, Mansoor said.
He appealed the administration to reach out to the areas which have been worst affected and make the actual assessment of losses on ground.
Otherwise, it would be a mockery in the name of compensation as a fruit grower who has suffered the loss of 20 lakh is given a mere 10 thousand rupees as a relief. This will not be allowed to happen and it is high time for the state dispensation to understand the gravity of the crises and address it on merit and priority, said the PDP leader.
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