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daily Vol No. 50 No. 282 JAMMU, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014 REGD.NO.JK-71/12-14 14 Pages ` 3.50 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/1992 Report punctures holes into claims of relief operations Govt to submit Rs 44,000 cr Govt yet to pay ex-gratia compensation, memo to Centre today Fayaz Bukhari decision on the quantum of the assessment of damages incomplete package. SRINAGAR, Oct 12: State The officer said that the State * Complaints of relief pilferage from several areas Government is submitting Government is entirely banking memorandum to the Union upon Central assistance for reha- Neeraj Rohmetra the State Government, after it interacted with the panel had Government tomorrow morn- bilitation of the flood victims and submitted its Interim Report complained that assessment of ing for special financial package if the package is not given soon, JAMMU, Oct 12: before the Apex Court on most of their damaged proper- of Rs 44,000 crore to rehabili- the flood victims rehabilitation Contradicting claims of State October 10, when the case per- ties has so far not been made". tate the flood victims. can't start before winter. He said Government, which had taining to flood relief operations "The assessment of the dam- The package was approved by that over 15 lakh people have no demanded a 'special financial was listed before the Bench aged properties has so far not the Cabinet which met here on roof over their head and may have package' worth Rs 44,000 headed by Chief Justice of been completed in the State. Friday under the Chairmanship of to shiver during the winters in crores from Centre for reha- India, H L Dattu. Consequently, ex-gratia in Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah. subzero temperatures. bilitation of people, who suf- The five-member panel, respect of damage or loss of The memo will be delivered to the The officer said that the fered due to floods and for which had been given mandate property has not been granted so Union Government tomorrow memo was worked at the cur- restoration of damaged infras- by the Supreme Court to ascer- far. Shockingly, even the ex-gra- morning. rent rates so that the people are tructure, Supreme Court tain the efficacy of the relief tia in respect of lives lost has not Over one lakh houses were properly rehabilitated. "For appointed panel has categori- operations in the State, has dis- even been fully paid in whole of fully damaged while over 3.45 example, under NDRF norms a cally stated that the on covered major discrepancies State", says the report adding, lakh structures were fully and par- fully damaged house can get Rs A girl works in a workshop making earthan lamps ahead of the Diwali in Amritsar on Sunday. ground, even the assessment between the claims of the State "it is required to be disbursed tially damaged besides hundreds 70, 000 but State Government is (UNI) of the damaged properties has Government and the situation expeditiously to provide suc- of shops and business establish- asking for Rs 9 lakh which is so far been not completed on ground. The panel comprised cour to the concerned". ment were submerged in water enough for a concrete small Woman, 2 kids 6 killed in cyclone Hudhud across the State. the Convenor-Suresh Kumar, The report says, "the causing damage to the Rupees shelter for a family", he added. Despite repeated assurances Registrar General High Court, Government is required to com- thousands of crore. The The officer said that the Union hurt in blast VISHAKAPATNAM/BHUBNESWAR, Oct 12: President Bar Association of plete the process of assessment Government was expecting this by several higher-ups in the Government infrastructure, hospi- Excelsior Correspondent Cyclone Hudhud pounded the coastal districts of Andhra administration for providing Kashmir, Mian Abdul Qayoom at the earliest so that life is re- tals and crops also suffered huge kind of memo but they were Pradesh and Odisha with heavy rain and winds of almost 200 equitable distribution of free and President Bar Association built and restored to the normal. damage in the last month's floods. expecting that State will ask for SRINAGAR, Oct 12: A kmph today leaving six people dead and a trail of devastation with relief material, no efforts have Jammu, M K Bhardwaj and Large number of houses at A senior Government offi- Rs 5 lakh for a fully damaged woman and two minors were Vishakapatnam where the very severe storm made landfall bearing been made to gear up distribu- Director, Union Ministry of Srinagar city and other districts cial said that the Government is house and Rs 2 lakh for partially injured after children were fid- the brunt. tion system and the situation on Home Affairs, Sanjay Agarwal. of the State remained sub- expecting some kind of immedi- damaged house. dling with an explosive they A little over four lakh people--about 250,000 in four districts ground in both Kashmir and Fifth member of the Penal- merged for days together in the ate relief from the Centre so "The Union Government was had found in an orchard in of AP and 156,000 in nine districts of Odisha--were evacuated to Jammu division was in contrast Vinod Koul, Revenue Secretary- flood waters from 10 to 30 feet. that the rehabilitation process not also expecting Rs 11 lakh as North Kashmir's Sopore area relief camps and more will be shifted to safer places depending to the claims of top politicians cum-Relief Commissioner has Some houses had even already of the flood victims is started. compensation for the business- today. upon water levels, officials said. of State including several not signed the report. collapsed or partially damaged. The officer said that the Union men who suffered losses in A police official said that Cyclone Hudhud lost its intensity by evening and its speed was Ministers. Revealing the contents of Indeed, it is an unprecedented Government will form a commit- floods. And besides this they were the children had found a limited to 100-110 kmph and converted from a very severe This revelations had been report, sources privy to the situation which requires appro- tee that will discuss the State's not expecting one year rent which Chinese grenade in an orchard cyclonic storm to severe storm, the IMD said tonight. made by the five-member panel, petitioner Vasundhara Pathak priate and adequate response memo for the special package. He State Government has kept part of in Dangerpor Sopore today. The high velocity winds battered Vishakapatnam, which is whose report was circulated Masoodi, told EXCELSIOR, from the State". said that they can also send a team the memo for those people who They were fiddling with it and home to a Naval base, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and East "as per the report large num- Concerned over the plight of of the officials that will take a will rent the accommodations", grenade went off injuring one among the counsel of petitioner, (Contd on page 4 Col 1) Prof Bhim Singh and counsel of ber of affected persons, who (Contd on page 4 Col 5) review before taking any final said the officer. (Contd on page 4 Col 7) Hopes for retrieval Two brothers injured, several houses damaged Flea market brings life to Lal Chowk Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 12: As businessmen in Srinagar's business of missing bodies hub, Lal Chowk, are still cleaning their shops after last month's Heavy mortar shelling in Arnia town, villages devastative floods, the flea market today brought some life to the in Saddal sinking business centre as it opened for the first time selling flood-affect- Sanjeev Pargal been vacated by majori- ed merchandise on cheaper rates. Shoppers made beelines on the Nishikant Khajuria It may be recalled that 40 ty of the people, who shop fronts to buy flood-affected items like garments, shoes, bed- had taken shelter in persons of seven families, JAMMU, Oct 12: Two ding and matting as the 'discount market' sprawled from Poloview relief camps set up for JAMMU, Oct 12: Hopes of including females and children brothers were injured as to Jahangir Chowk. them at Rehal and Deoli the next of the kin of those were buried alive in the massive Pakistan again intensified The city center gave a festive look today after a month's desert- villages in Bishnah buried under the massive landslide which completely mortar shelling in entire Arnia ed look as shopkeepers were busy cleaning off the slush and tehsil. trash of landslide at Saddal wiped out the Saddal hamlet in sector throughout the last removing their merchandise for washing. However, some of village of Pancheri block in Panjar village of tehsil Pancheri night causing extensive dam- Traders said the flood affected goods were washed off the slush the people, who were Udhampur, are sinking with in Udhampur district on age to several houses and by washermen in Shalimar and Hazratbal, which is the habitation still putting up in their the passage of each day as September 7. breaking peace of two days, houses in Arnia town, (Contd on page 4 Col 5) retrieval of the missing bodies Initially only 13 bodies which had created a ray of fled early morning to is becoming almost impossible could be recovered from the hope among the villagers to the relief camps after Insurers to speed up claims notwithstanding the heavy debris while nine more corpses return from the migrant two civilians were excavators pressed into ser- were found after heavy excava- camps. MUMBAI, Oct 12: tors were pressed into service a injured when mortar vice for the last fortnight.