Seeks compensation for house boat owners, easy bank loan facility
JAMMU, APRIL 08, 2022: Condemning the mysterious fire incidents, Apni Party’s Trade Union President Ajaz Kazmi Friday demanded compensation and easy bank loan facility for the owners of burnt houseboats in Srinagar.
In a press conference which he addressed at Apni Party Office in Gandhi Nagar, Kazmi appealed to the Govt to give compensation to the house boat owners of Srinagar whose property worth crores was gutted in the mysterious fire incident.
He also demanded that the fire incidents which are occurring from the last several days should be thoroughly investigated and the accused persons or reason behind these incidents should be exposed in public.
He said that the house boat owners have lost crores and their assets have been lost which they built for years after borrowing money from the banks. “The Govt must save the tradition of Kashmir by providing easy bank loans to the owners so that they can rebuild the house boats,” he added.
He was accompanied by Provincial President, Raj Kumar Sharma and District President, Jammu Anirudh Vashist.
Meanwhile, he also demanded that the regularization orders should be issued in favour of the 12000 daily wagers of PDD. He said that the Govt should not have selectively assured regularization of all the daily wagers without discrmination.
“J&K has around 61000 daily wagers in various Govt Depts but they are not being regularized. Hence, all of them should be regularized in one go without further delay,” he said and condemned the selective approach of the Govt towards the daily wagers who are the backbone of the Govt Depts lacking employees.
He also said that the Govt should waive off the electricity bills of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in J&K by playing a positive role.
Similarly he also raised the issue of overcharging by the shops allegedly sponsored by the private schools in Jammu with regard to school uniform, shoes, books and notebooks.
He demanded intervention of the Director School Education, Jammu and investigation as to why the parents are being pressured to buy school uniforms, shoes and books from some of the specified shops although the cost of the same goods is much less in the open market.
