APMCC preparing report on migrant employees' living condition in JK

The All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee (APMCC) today expressed dismay over the living condition of migrant employees working in the Valley and said it would submit a detailed report to the government seeking immediate redressal of the issues faced by them.

APMCC chairman Vinod Pandit visited the employees' colonies in Kashmir and a detailed report would be submitted to the government to highlight their demands and grievances, committee spokesperson King C Bharati said in a statement here.

Hundreds of pandits are putting up in various colonies in different districts of the valley after they were provided government jobs under a special package.

Claiming that the employees posted in the valley are facing "worsening condition of living standards", Bharati said the party chairman visited Vessu (Kulgam), Mattan (Anantnag) and Hall (Pulwama) in south and Veervan (Baramulla) and Nutnusa (Kupwara) in north Kashmir on Thursday and took stock of the infrastructure available there.

He said Pandit met employees living in the colonies to get first hand information about their problems.

Bharati said Pandit expressed shock over the failure of the authorities to repair the residential quarters which were burnt during the July 2016 unrest triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.

Sharing accommodation is another big issue faced by the employees, he said, and demanded a time frame within which new quarters would be constructed and allotted.

Other issues which were highlighted by the employees include lack of health checkup facilities, food and supply stores and absence of a primary school for the Veervan colony dwellers, he said.

Bharti said Pandit assured the employees that the APMCC would submit a detailed report to the higher authorities and see to it that their problems are resolved.