“Reducing the rising intensity of the shortage of water facilities is as good a core concern as is hassle free power supply during periods of hot weather in Jammu & Kashmir.”
The arrival of unprecedented heat wave in Kashmir necessitates review of the delivery of key public services for the health safety of the people particularly children the most vulnerable to health risks during the periods of hot weather anywhere in the world and same holds good for Jammu & Kashmir particularly Kashmir Valley. In view of the total dependence of some critical health emergency facilities on the hassle free power supply at both Government and private hospitals the review of the power supply already hit by long duration curtailments both in Kashmir valley and as well as Jammu divisions deserves and demands immediate attention of the top authorities of both the KPDCL (Kashmir Power Development Corporation Ltd ) and as well as (JPDCL)Jammu Power Development Corporation Ltd. Since accessibility of patients to some critical health facilities totally depends on hassle free power supply even in their homes also, the accessibility to power supply as such is as good a compulsion for the patients in their homes as it is for the patients undergoing treatments at Government and Private hospitals. Next to power supply the availability of safe drinking water facility always hit during the periods of hot weather also deserves and demands urgent and immediate attention of the top authorities of Jal Shakti Department. Reducing the rising intensity of the shortage of water facilities is as good a core concern as is hassle free power supply during periods of hot weather in Jammu & Kashmir like many states and union territories of the country.
“The priority for the Government in the backdrop of intensifying heat wave is to roll out a road map for preventive measures required to reduce risks in delivery of public services during peak hot weather periods. Issuing heat wave alerts won’t reduce the health risks in the periods of hot weather but readiness of the men and machinery required for smoothening the child and family services could reduce the vulnerability of people to health risks in the peak heat wave periods both in Kashmir Valley and as well as Jammu division.”
In the periods of hot weather the key child and family services could be the casualties of the reduced power supply and drinking water facilities across Jammu & Kashmir. Administrative wisdom demands that KPDCL in Kashmir and JPDCL in Jammu take immediate measures for smoothening power supply and drinking water facilities much before key child and family services go into a collapsing mode in peak hot weather periods both in Kashmir Valley and as well as Jammu division. The priority for the Government in the backdrop of intensifying heat wave is to roll out a road map for preventive measures required to reduce risks in delivery of public services during peak hot weather periods. Issuing heat wave alerts won’t reduce the health risks in the periods of hot weather but readiness of the men and machinery required for smoothening the child and family services could reduce the vulnerability of people to health risks in the peak heat wave periods both in Kashmir Valley and as well as Jammu division.
