Save lives & properties

Despite the measures taken by the Fire and Emergency Services department, the Kashmir valley continued to witness the fire incidents while in the last 24 hours, nearly 12 structures including nine residential houses have got damaged at separate places across the valley. The fire incidents continued to record a rise with the officials quoted in the media report claiming that over eight hundred fire incidents have been reported across Kashmir Valley this year till March 14. 180 incidents have been reported in the Srinagar district alone. In Srinagar, two incidents have been reported in the past 24 hours, which left seven residential houses damaged and injuries to two firefighters in Nowpora area and Batamaloo area. All these families have been rendered homeless due to the fire incidents. These fire incidents are not only rendering people homeless but have also claimed several precious lives in Jammu & Kashmir. A report has mentioned that 486 people have lost their lives and 510 others sustained injuries in fire incidents over the past six years in Jammu and Kashmir. The respective district administration always comes up with the immediate relief to the affected families, but the need of the hour is to adhere to the dos and don’ts, highlighted by the concerned department multiple times. In such a situation, the local police as well as the civil society members should also play a key role by imparting basic training to the people about dousing off the flames at the initial stage, which would prevent the huge loss of properties in the incident. The awareness as well as the training programmes must be increased across Jammu and Kashmir to help the common masses in making them aware with regard to tackling the situation.