Omar asks Centre to grant special package for J&K
Omar met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi and during the meeting the two leaders have supposedly discussed flood situation and border issue.
According to sources, Omar is learnt to have told Rajnath about rehabilitation of flood affected families of Kashmir and providing necessary aid to the civil population living on borders and Line of Control (LoC) who bore the brunt of firing and shelling from across the borders.
Omar Abdullah highlighted the need of granting special assistance package to Jammu and Kashmir to rebuild the State after devastating and the unprecedented floods.
Restoring the shattered economy and reconstructing the damaged public infrastructure also came up for discussion in the meeting.
Omar also sought extension of package for border people who are frequently confronted with shelling and firing from across the border.
He said life, property, livestock, crops and economic activities of these people are affected due to cross-border firing.
He said these people have remained constant target of shelling for last over 60 years as such their proper rehabilitation and safeguarding is need of the hour for which the Chief Minister advocated liberal financial support from the Centre.
The Chief Minister mentioned the memorandum sent by the State Government for flood affected families as also the proposals for safeguarding the people living on borders.
He expressed hope that the Union Government would approve the memorandum and other proposals in this regard and extend every support to the State for its reconstruction and sorting out problems particularly confronting the flood affected population and the border people.
The Union Home Minister assured the Chief Minister of all the help from the Union Government for the reconstruction and rebuilding of the State and providing help to border people.
The Chief Minister expressed his gratitude to the Union leadership and Home Minister for the support and help given to Jammu and Kashmir State in carrying out rescue and relief operations in the hour of crisis.
Reporting by -- Saleem Iqbal Qadri
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