Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday visited Poonch and met the grieving family members who lost their loved ones due to unprovoked shelling by Pakistan.
The Lieutenant Governor announced government jobs to the closest kin of Pakistan shelling victims.
He said, ex gratia and other reliefs have been provided and government of India was committed to further assistance.
“Proper rehabilitation of the affected families is my top priority. The J&K administration, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, is committed to ensuring proper rehabilitation, enhanced border infrastructure, and security for the residents of border areas,” Sinha said.
“We are significantly expanding our efforts to construct individual and community bunkers across Jammu Kashmir under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE),” the Lieutenant Governor said.
During his visit, the Lieutenant Governor paid obeisance at Gurudwara Dera Santpura Nangali Sahib and interacted with residents.
He lauded the residents of Poonch, civil society members and all the communities for their display of courage and social harmony.
“Pakistan had shown its cowardice by targeting sacred Gurudwara Dera Santpura Nangali Sahib. In its despicable act, the terrorist country had also targeted a temple and mosque. By firing and heavy shelling on our sacred sites, terror state Pakistan had tried to damage our social fabric.
“I salute the people of Poonch. Their courage provided moral strength to our brave soldiers. We are proud of our citizens, Sikh Community, who stand united against adversary’s conspiracy to divide the society on religious lines,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
Later, the Lieutenant Governor visited the Dungus area affected due to shelling, and also took stock of the situation during a meeting with senior administrative and district officials at Poonch.
The Lieutenant Governor directed necessary measures to ensure restoration of all essential services and supplies and submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) to the Divisional Commissioner’s Office and the Chief Secretary’s Office.
He further instructed taking comprehensive assessment for construction of bunkers, upgrading medical services at the district hospital and strengthening civil defence system.
