Jal Shakti Minister Assures permanent solution for flood crisis in valley: Govt

Srinagar: The government on Thursday said the situation is under control in Jammu & Kashmir and that it will come up with a permanent solution to end the flood crisis in Kashmir.
Talking to the reporters here, Javed Ahmad Rana, Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology and Environment and Tribal Affairs Departments, said the people of Kashmir will get good news soon. “We will come up with a permanent solution for resolving the flood crisis in Kashmir,” Rana said.
“The situation is under control,” Rana said. “Chief Minister Omar Abdullah personally toured the Jammu division to assess the situation and passed several instructions for relief and other measures.”
He said that in Kashmir, the Advisor to the Chief Minister and others have been monitoring the situation closely. “We hope for an improvement in the weather conditions. We received some opinions that could be looked into. The flood issue in Kashmir will be resolved permanently,” the minister said.
He appealed to the people to be cautious and cooperate with the government. “We will take measures to ensure that the people will not face such issues again. The people in Kashmir will get good news very soon,” he said.
Replying to a query, Minister Rana blamed the previous government for the “current mess”, saying that in the past five years, Jhelum too has suffered badly. “We will not go into it, but will come up with a permanent solution,” he said.
Jammu & Kashmir was on the brink of floods as the water level in all the major rivers and streams was flowing above the alert mark following the heavy rains across the region for the past couple of days.
While the weather conditions improved, the water level started receding gradually, eliminating the threat of floods across the region.
The weatherman here has predicted more intermittent rains for the next one week in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in Jammu division