Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday reiterated his administration’s determination to crush terrorism and bring those aiding and abetting terror outfits to justice. He also said that a centralised database of families of terror victims was being developed to ensure timely relief to them.
He was speaking at a function in Jammu organised to hand over appointment letters to 80 family members of terror victims.
“An internal web portal has been launched and a centralised database of terror victims’ families is being developed to monitor and process all cases, ensuring timely relief,” Sinha said.
Additionally, helplines are now active in every district of Jammu and Kashmir for victims to register grievances, he said, adding that further support is available through divisional helplines, staffed by trained employees, at the offices of the Divisional Commissioners at Jammu and in Kashmir.
Deputy Commissioners in every district are now receiving a steady flow of applications, which are being thoroughly scrutinised, he said.
“We are also integrating a mechanism in the portal for extending self-employment assistance to the members of terror victim families,’’ Sinha said, adding that appointment letters and other assistance will also be handed over to terror victims’ families in large numbers on August 5 in Srinagar. This process will continue till every terror victim’s family gets justice, he said.
Earlier, the L-G had handed over appointment letters to 40 families of victims in Baramulla.
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“We are committed to ensuring justice for every terror victim’s family, making their rehabilitation, jobs, financial assistance, and livelihood opportunities our foremost responsibility,” he said.
He also said that for decades, “countless families and their loved ones lost to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism were reduced to mere statistics, their pain unheard, their tears unwiped. Finally, after all this time, justice has come knocking at their doors”.
