JAMMU MAY 18- National Conference Provincial President Mr.Devender Singh Rana today sought direct special trains from various metropolitan and other important cities of the country, especially Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Ahmadabad, Bangalore and Kolkata to Jammu Tawi, in order to facilitate the return of stranded residents of Jammu and Kashmir back to their homes.“Patience is running out of the stranded people, mostly poor, who had gone to various cities for sustenance and other pursuits including medical treatment but got stuck at different places due to abrupt Lockdown 1-0 on March 25”, Mr.Rana said in a statement, adding that they have been making frantic calls for their evacuation.
The Provincial President said he too has been receiving distress calls from the stranded people from Rajasthan, Bangluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and the various other states, seeking direct train services. Though some appreciable and effective measures have been taken for airlifting of the J&K residents from Iran, Bangladesh and, Pakistan yet these initiatives are to be broadened to ensure that everyone returns home safely. In the given circumstances, he said the administration has done pretty well to clear the rush of stranded people by train service from New Delhi and other northern states to Jammu and hoped that similar arrangements would be made from other cities as well in a time bound manner. The stranded people are registered with designated nodal officers and are awaiting their passage back homes, he added.He hoped the administration will appreciate the enormity of the situation and come to the rescue of helpless people.
