National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said the government should order a probe to find out how tents and community kitchens were set up in a highly sensitive area near the Amarnath cave temple in south Kashmir Himalayas. , which was hit by the Flash. Flood on Friday.
“We are hopeful that the government will form an inquiry commission to know how and why it happened,” Abdullah told reporters after meeting joint opposition candidate for the presidential election to be held here on July 18, Yashwant Sinha.
The former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir questioned the decision to set up tents and langar in such a sensitive area.
“The location of the tents and langars is such that I don’t think these things were done there before. Panjtarni is such a good area for this. It needs to be investigated, maybe it is a human error,” Abdullah said. He said that the kin of the victims should be given compensation and steps should be taken to ensure that such incidents do not recur.
The death toll in flash floods triggered by heavy rains near the Amarnath cave shrine rose to 16 on Saturday as the search operation continued unabated amid fears that many people were still trapped under the debris.
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