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Mehbooba Mufti Tours Flood‑Hit Jammu, Presses for Far Larger Relief Package

She says the Centre’s Rs 209 crore pledge is far short of what Jammu needs for rehabilitation.

Overview

  • After visiting Peerkho, Bantalab, Gujjar Nagar and Sunjwan‑Bhatindi, the PDP chief met displaced families and pledged to push their case with authorities.
  • She termed the Rs 209 crore announced by the Centre inadequate and sought a multi‑crore package on the lines of the 2014 response covering households, farmers, traders and businesses.
  • Mufti urged moving vulnerable riverbank and slope communities to safer zones through land allotments or by building stronger embankments.
  • Blaming contractor‑led deforestation, tunnelling and mining for intensifying floods, she called for tighter oversight and asked the Supreme Court to take cognizance of Himalayan ecological damage.
  • She demanded accountability for the reported 34 pilgrim deaths at Vaishno Devi and supported sharing flood warnings with Pakistan as a humanitarian step.