Srinagar: Even when all efforts were being made to evacuate every one from flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, officials have encountered a rather unusual problem. Locals in Kashmir were snatching away NDRF boats making rescue operations difficult.
Adding to the problem is the local administration which has been missing in action since they themselves were flood victims.
The Centre has now asked the state government to identify and rescue local government officials so that rescue and relief operations can take place smoothly. The Centre has also asked the state government to post on its website the list of people rescued from different parts of the state.
Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami said if the list of rescued people is made public, many families will heave sigh of relief on being assured that their loved ones are safe.
"That is why we have asked the state government to upload the list of rescued people on its website as early as possible," he said.
Goswami said anger of some of the flood-affected people about delay in rescue team reaching them was justified but the disaster was "unprecedented". "It's a "huge tragedy" and the authorities were doing their best to reach out to as many people as they can", he added.
"The highest authority of the land -- beginning from the Prime Minister and the Home Minister -- are constantly monitoring the situation and giving directions that all steps must be taken to ensure that whatever assistance required is rendered for rescue and relief of affected people," he said.
Sources have also said that officials engaged in relief operations were facing a shortage of food supplies as well.
(With additional information from PTI)
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