One died,71 houses damaged &15 cattle died due to incessant rain/flash floods in the district.

SHYAM SOOD
Rajouri July 30:--One Pacca house, 28 Kacha houses were fully damaged, 4 Pacca & 14 Kacha houses were severely damaged, 24 Kacha houses were partially damaged while 6 cattle shed suffered damages and 15 cattle were killed during the last three days due to incessant rain/flash floods in the Rajouri district.
Two cattle shed were also damaged and 3 cattle were killed on July 28.
Recent incessant rains followed by flash floods have caused heavy loss to crops and Kachha houses (mud houses) in the Kotranka sub-district in Rajouri district.
Manzoor Naik a prominent social and political activist of the area has appealed to the LG Government for suitable compensation/relief for the affected poor people who have no approach to district /sub-district administration.
‘During the last five days, torrential rains have caused extensive damage to crops, fruit trees, and property. Revenue teams will take a lot of time to prepare the details of the damages while the affected poor people need immediate help from the state government” said Manzoor Naik.
The worst affected tehsils include Chasana, Budhal & Kotranka and people affected by torrential rains, floods, landslides in these Panchayats needs urgent help from the administration.
Manzoor demanded a fair and transparent survey of the affected people by the revenue officials because, like in the past, poor people having no resources to contact revenue teams will find no mention of their losses in the lists and the blue-eyed ( faced no losses) will get the benefits.
“About 80 percent of families in these areas are totally dependent on agriculture and heavy rains have caused huge damage to the crops and the farmers are under tremendous anxiety.
“These affected people besides heavy losses to crops and fruit trees are also worried about the well-being of their family members working as labourer in other states of the country,” said Manzoor.
He has appealed to the LG Administration for adequate compensation/relief for the affected families.