Highway is open and closed every day with fresh landslides and the government has failed to keep it open for all the days of the winter. With the result black-marketing and hoarding is taking place in entire Kashmir Valley no sign of administration. The authorities have failed to keep a watch on the supplies coming in thousands of trucks to Kashmir Valley as the black marketers have created an artificial scarcity of vegetables, milk, meat and other essential items. Although State Governor Satya Pal Malik has asked his administration to help the common people on ground, but so far there are no visible signs of change on the ground.
Recently Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan convened a meeting with all Deputy Commissioners to review stock and supply position of essential commodities like ration, petrol, diesel, LPG and functioning of hospitals across the valley. All DCs briefed regarding the stock position in their respective districts and informed there is sufficient stocks of essential commodities across the valley, besides hospitals also have adequate supplies.
The Divisional Commissioner took a detailed review of the status of stock and supply position, allocation, lifting, distribution of essential commodities under Public Distribution System and directed the concerned authorities to put in place effective monitoring mechanism to ensure that ration distribution is further streamlined and made time bound. In order to stop hoarding, profiteering and black marketing across the Kashmir valley, Divisional Commissioner directed all Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to start intense drive with recently constituted special task force (STF) for daily inspection of stock and supply position of essential commodities.
He directed strict action against the storekeepers, fair-price shop dealers and concerned Tehsil Supply Officers failing to report on duty. He stressed for round the clock power supply and heating system in all hospitals, besides proper health care facilities.
Petrol pumps are running dry despite the fact that the government said on Monday that they have cleared over 600 tankers of petrol and diesel to Kashmir Valley. They have reached Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir, but the petrol pumps are not operating. No wing of the government is visible on the ground as hundreds of trucks loaded with essential supplies including vegetables; chicken and mutton have reached Kashmir.