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Mehbooba Mufti, the president of the PDP, paid a go to to the impacted households on Sunday who had misplaced their houses and houseboats to a fireplace on Saturday.
Within the incident, three vacationers from Bangladesh had perished.
“Visited Dal (Lake), where several houseboats were ravaged by a massive fire on Saturday. Apart from extensive damage, three tourists tragically died despite the efforts of locals,” Mufti posted on X.
She requested the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, to grant tender loans to the impacted households so they may restore their houseboats.
Request @manojsinha_ ji to supply tender loans & different necessities essential for houseboat homeowners to rebuild. Maybe sooner or later transferring hearth stations will assist to forestall such incidents, she added.
Apni Celebration chief Altaf Bukhari, whereas expressing sympathies with the affected, urged the administration to evaluate the losses and compensate the victims accordingly.
Sympathies with the home boat homeowners of Dal Lake who’ve misplaced property value crores in a devastating hearth mishap at present. Could the victims discover power in these testing instances. I urge the authorities to evaluate the loss precipitated to the property and compensate the victims accordingly, Bukhari stated.
A staff of Apni Celebration leaders, together with Noor Mohammad and Ashraf Mir, visited the positioning of the incident within the Dal Lake.
Expressing anguish over the incident, Lt Governor Sinha on Saturday stated, “I am deeply pained by the loss of lives due to the unfortunate fire incident at the Dal Lake, Srinagar. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. I have directed the district administration to provide all necessary assistance to the affected people.”
Srinagar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Aijaz and senior tourism division officers visited the scene of the blaze on the Dal Lake and warranted all doable assist in rebuilding the broken houseboats, the officers stated.