Governor visits flood prone areas and Relief Centres in and around Srinagar

SRINAGAR, JUNE 30: Governor N.N. Vohra undertook an extended tour of  Srinagar city and its outskirts, visited  Boulevard Road, Hydraulic Gauge  Centre  of river Jhelum at Ram Munshi Bagh; Lasjan,  and Relief Camps in Rawal Pora and Ram Bagh areas for a first hand view of the ground situation consequent  to Jhelum rising above high flood levels. Accompanied by Sh. B.B. Vyas and Sh. K. Vijay Kumar, Advisors to Governor; Sh.  B V R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. Basheer Khan, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir; Sh. M. Raju, Commissioner, PHE, Flood and Irrigation Department; and Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Governor inspected the Administration’s preparedness to evacuate people if Srinagar gets flooded.

Governor inspected the designated Relief Camps at the Tourism Department’s Community Centre Goripora, Government Boys Higher Secondary School Rawal Pora and the ERA Complex in the Shopping Complex building at Ram Bagh.  Divisional Commissioner Khan explained the basic facilities  being provided at these sites.

Governor instructed Sh. M. Raju, Commissioner, PHE, Flood and Irrigation Department, to immediately ensure adequate availability of sand bags and other required materials for ensuring immediate repair of any breach in the Jhelum Bundh.