CM hands over appointment orders to visually impaired pellet victims

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/6/2017 1:40:53 PM

SRINAGAR, Dec 5: Chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti today distributed orders of appointment among a group of victims who lost their eyesight due to pellet injuries during the law and order situations in the Valley last year.
This is in continuation of her earlier measures taken for the rehabilitation of the victims of violence during the unrest of last year, an official spokesman said.
It may be recalled that on September 14 and 28 the chief minister had also disbursed financial assistance among two groups of such pellet victims. Besides, the chief minister had supervised the treatment of these victims last year as well.
Mehbooba Mufti, it may be mentioned here, has initiated a series of measures for the rehabilitation, social integration and empowerment of youth of the state. Recently the chief minister directed withdrawal of cases against more than four thousand youth involved in various cases of law and order nature. The step was widely hailed by all sections of society, the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, Mehbooba Mufti today disbursed relief assistance among the victims of recent fire incident at Reshi Bazaar, Anantnag in which more than 30 business establishments and houses were gutted on the intervening night of November 20 and 21.
The assistance includes Rs. 50,000 cash assistance for fully damaged structure, Rs. 30,000 cash assistance for severely damaged structure and Rs. 25,000 for partially damaged structure. This is in addition to the relief assistance given to them already on the instructions of the chief minister by the district administration under Red Cross, SDRF and other heads.
Interacting with a group of fire sufferers, the chief minister expressed her sympathies with them and assured all possible support from her Government for their proper rehabilitation.
Mehbooba Mufti assured them to look into their demands of revisiting insurance claims and availability of timber and other building material to raise back their structures.

 

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