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This is not the way the People involved in humanitarian efforts are treated!
Hope these are real sufferers and showing theur frustration, not misguided people on some's payroll
Kashmir Floods: Army Vehicles Pelted With Stones in Srinagar
Srinagar: Anger boiled over today among the residents of Srinagar after being stranded for days in the flooded city. They directed their frustration and rage at the armed forces whose troops have been working around the clock in a tireless mission that has so far brought nearly 80,000 people to safety
Army vehicles were pelted with stones as they tried to make their way through the city, loaded with supplies including water and food. A group of spare boats kept on stand-by for soldiers were grabbed by a mob. In the morning, four Air Force helicopters with relief material could not land at the helipad at the Governor's residence after threats of stoning from people who thought VIPs were the intended beneficiaries.
Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, reiterated, "We understand people can be upset. The army will remain on the job till the last man is rescued."
"Aggressive crowds mean we are facing difficulties in rescue work," said OP Singh, the chief of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF, which is working on emergency rescue operations with the armed forces.
But residents who have been rescued say relief supplies are taking too long to reach them. And thousands remain marooned on the roofs of their houses for the fourth day in a row. Phone networks, knocked out by the worst floods in the region in over a decade, are still patchy, adding to the tension for families desperate for information about missing relatives.
Hope these are real sufferers and showing theur frustration, not misguided people on some's payroll
Kashmir Floods: Army Vehicles Pelted With Stones in Srinagar
Srinagar: Anger boiled over today among the residents of Srinagar after being stranded for days in the flooded city. They directed their frustration and rage at the armed forces whose troops have been working around the clock in a tireless mission that has so far brought nearly 80,000 people to safety
Army vehicles were pelted with stones as they tried to make their way through the city, loaded with supplies including water and food. A group of spare boats kept on stand-by for soldiers were grabbed by a mob. In the morning, four Air Force helicopters with relief material could not land at the helipad at the Governor's residence after threats of stoning from people who thought VIPs were the intended beneficiaries.
Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, reiterated, "We understand people can be upset. The army will remain on the job till the last man is rescued."
"Aggressive crowds mean we are facing difficulties in rescue work," said OP Singh, the chief of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF, which is working on emergency rescue operations with the armed forces.
But residents who have been rescued say relief supplies are taking too long to reach them. And thousands remain marooned on the roofs of their houses for the fourth day in a row. Phone networks, knocked out by the worst floods in the region in over a decade, are still patchy, adding to the tension for families desperate for information about missing relatives.
