A DELEGATION of the CPI(M) led by Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member and MP visited the flood affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir on October 7. In Jammu, the delegation was accompanied by Sham Prasad Kesar, regional secretary of Jammu, Om Prakash, Kishor Kumar, state committee members of the CPI(M) and others. The delegation also visited Government Medical College, Jammu and met the persons who were injured in Pakistan firing at the international border.

The delegation visited Beli Charana affected area of Jammu city on the banks of Tawi River and also visited villages of Pancheri block of Udhampur district. They also visited the village Sadal of this area where bodies are still buried in the debris. While interacting with the victims, Sitaram Yechury assured them that he will strongly raise their issues in the coming session of Parliament and also take them up with the state Government in Srinagar. He informed that MPs of his Party had donated Rs Ten crores to the relief fund for the flood victims. The CPI(M) all over the country is also collecting funds for flood relief. Yechury demanded that the government of India should declare this calamity as a national disaster. He expressed sympathies with the people who have lost life and property like houses, land, cattle, crops and fruits etc.