GANDERBAL|KULLAN: Volunteers from socio-religious Organisation Jama'at-e-islami district Ganderbal launches aromatic mission for the flood affected area in Kullan of Tehsil Gund Kangan and conducted a forceful campaign to prevent outbreak of diseases. Volunteers from the socio-religious organisation JeI cleared garbage and stagnant water from forest area of Kullan in Ganderbal district today on Wednesday' (22 July).
Cloudbursts had left the Kullan village ravaged, damaging property. There were several patches on the connecting roads to the village and other roads where heaps of garbage, debris was found submerged in stagnant water creating unhygienic atmosphere around the village. "Sanitation is a big problem here. The Jama'at member told us to conduct a survey of the village and together with our Jamiat-e-Tulba unit (Youths) begin the sanitation drive. There is a big chance of an epidemic breaking out. There is garbage from the village, houses and roadside. There is also stagnant and dirty water in huge amounts which could lead to dangerous diseases. So we all cleaned it.
A member of JeI told "JK MONITOR" that the volunteers group's who have come from different areas from Ganderbal district joined the aromatic mission in Kullan Kangan' under the wardship of Jama'at district chief Gul Mohammad War' District president Bashir Ahmad Lone and other JeI members. “We started the mission today morning under the direction of Jama'at district chief. Our volunteers will help people in cleansing their houses and localities," he said.
The volunteers were divided in groups who were engaged in different activities like conducting dewatering' cleaning and sprinkle. The leader departed these volunteers to work in different directions' to provide him with gloves' masks' garbage box' sprinkle phenyl and other equipments.They were cleaned the drains' houses paths and roads in the villages. This place was very dirty due to the cloudburst but these JeI volunteers came here and they clean our villages and try to make it aromatic surrounding," said a villager, Gh Qadir.