New Delhi, Aug 17: The Jammu and Kashmir government has agreed to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommendations for redressal of problems including psychiatric disorders faced by Kashmiri migrants, displaced by outbreak of militancy in the valley and staying in Jammu and other adjoining areas. "NHRC chairman A S Anand along with special rapporteur Chaman Lal recently visited Jammu region. After considering the condition and problems faced by migrants, the commission recommended steps to be taken for improving the situation," the NHRC sources said here today.
Describing sanitation, basic amenities, health care and quality of education as "problem areas," the commission asked the state government to take steps in these fields and improve the living conditions in the migrant camps, the sources said. The state government has informed the commission that the recommendations made by NHRC were agreed upon and steps were being taken accordingly, the commission sources said. The commission had pointed out that it was the obligation of the state government to provide living conditions of good and reasonable quality to the migrant families in the context of their fundamental right to life with dignity. Bureau Report