Control room for stranded laborers set-up in Doda

The administration here on Sunday established a control room to provide help to the stranded labourers in the district.

An official said deputycommissioner (DC) Doda, Sagar Dattaray Doifode appointed chief executiveofficer Bhadarwah Development Authority, Rajinder Khajuria as nodal officer ofthe control room.

   

The administration also setup help-lines, 9419181361, 9906361616, 9419665538 and 9622289107 for reachingout to the labourers stranded in different parts of country.

The mobile numbers couldalso be used by outside laborers stranded in Doda, the official said.

Later, the nodal officerdistributed food packets among the stranded labourers in different parts of thedistrict.

He informed that a databasehas been established about all the stranded labourers. “As of now, 752labourers from different states are stranded in Doda. We have formulated a planto reach out to all of them and in the first phase, we distributed 3,000 kg ofdry ration among them and have kept 4,000 packets ready for the distribution incoming days,” he said.

“All tehsildars andblock development officers have been asked to submit daily reports regardingwelfare measures being taken for the stranded labourers in their respectiveareas, besides mitigating their problems without any delay,” the officersaid.

Meanwhile, tehsildarBhadarwah, Zeeshan Tahir informed that 54 food packets were distributed amongthe stranded labourers from Chhattisgarh.

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