Former Minister and Ex-MLA Bandipora Usman Majid has strongly condemned the Government of Jammu & Kashmir and successive political setups for what he termed as the “systematic neglect and humiliation” of the displaced families of Kanyari village in Niadkhai block, who continue to suffer in miserable conditions despite repeated promises of rehabilitation since 2014.
In a hard-hitting statement, Usman Majid said that for the last twelve years, every government and political setup that came into power used the pain of Kanyari villagers only for statements and false assurances while completely failing to provide any practical relief on the ground.
“These families have been betrayed again and again. Every regime promised rehabilitation, every leader spoke of justice, but the reality is that these people are still living in darkness, poverty, and uncertainty like forgotten citizens of this country,” he said.
He said the affected families are living without basic amenities such as drinking water, electricity, healthcare, proper roads, and permanent shelter facilities. “It is heartbreaking that in today’s time, innocent families are still forced to live in temporary sheds under extremely harsh conditions while those in power continue to remain silent spectators. This is not governance — this is abandonment of human lives,” he remarked.
Usman Majid further expressed outrage over the fact that the people are not even being allowed to construct permanent homes at the place where they are presently residing. “If the government has failed to rehabilitate them elsewhere for more than a decade, then on what moral or legal basis are these poor people stopped from constructing homes for their children and families? How long are they expected to survive under temporary sheds? This reflects the cruel and insensitive mindset of successive political setups,” he added.
Majid, said the people of Kanyari are being treated as “third-class citizens whose dignity and suffering do not matter to the rulers.” He termed the continued neglect of these families as a humanitarian failure and demanded immediate intervention from the Jammu & Kashmir Government to either rehabilitate the affected people at a suitable location with all basic facilities or officially permit them to construct permanent homes at their present place of stay.
Majid warned that history will never forgive those governments and political setups that ignored the cries of helpless citizens for more than twelve years and reduced their lives to endless suffering, uncertainty, and humiliation.