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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal Baithak, Yugabda 5104
Geeta Niketan, Kurukshetra (Haryana)
June 29-30, 2002
ABKMB Resolution on
The Displaced People of the Border
Our people living at the international border of Bharat and
Pakistan and at the LoC border in Jammu and Kashmir are exposed to
repeated shelling and as a result they had to shift to safer
places for shelter. The same situation persists even today. The
Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (ABKM) expresses its deep concern
to these citizens
at their current situation.
It is well known that nearly 30,000 uprooted people belonging to
the Akhnoor sector in the region of Jammu following the Kargil War
are till today found displaced and deserted. The troops of Bharat
are holding the frontier line steadfastly ever since the terrorist
attack on Bharat's Parliament on Dec. 13 2001. May 14,2002 saw the
terrorist attack on Kaluchak in Jammu where the members of the
soldiers' families were housed. The situation since then has
become explosive. In addition, heavy shelling from Pakistan side
continues as a counter measure Bharatiya army has planted
explosive mines at the border. As a result more than 2 lakhs of
people belonging to nearly 250 villages have abandoned their
surroundings and are today homeless. Their crops are destroyed and
the cattle-wealth is in jeopardy. It has put a question mark not
only on their present but also on their future.
The ABKM urges the people and the Government - both Central as
well as the State - to initiate necessary
measures and attend to the problems of the people who are the most
reliable sentinals of our endangered borders.
The ABKM demands as under :
I) The army has put in explosive mines in an area of 17,000 acres.
Compensation to the displaced was determined on this basis. But
the ground reality is that the land area on which the farmers can
hardly move for any work is not less than p,000 acres, so their
total loss is not adequately compensated. The army as well as the
local authorities are urged to recognize the anomaly with a view
to provide redressal before the rains. Help is also solicited for
the cattle welfare, house repair and compensation adequate enough
to restart life.
II) Relief Camps be provided with necessary amenities including
schools to the children and medical aid to the needy. The life of
the wage earners calls for greater care.
III) The amount of compensation given to the displaced people of
the international borders near Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, at
certain places, is less than the loss they had to face. This
anomaly needs immediate
redressal. |
