Rainawari Land Sinking incident |  Govt constitutes 9-member Expert Committee

Srinagar, June 25: In the wake of recent land sinking incident at Khawajapora Syedpora area at Rainawari locality, the District Administration Srinagar on Tuesday formed an Expert Committee to ascertain the facts and suggest remedial measures regarding the incident.

According to the order issued by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, who is also the Chairman District Disaster Management Authority, the nine-member Committee headed by the Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Syed Ahmad Kataria has been constituted to ascertain the facts that lead to sinking of several houses at Khawajapora Syedpora at Rainawari locality of the District.

The Committee has been asked to submit their findings within a week besides suggest measures for preventing environmental damage with covering other allied and incidental issues of land subsidence in the area.

The constituted Expert Committee comprises the members including Prof. Gh. Jeelani, Prof of Earth Science, University of Kashmir; Ghulam Hassan, Joint Commissioner (Plg) SMC; Shabir Ahmad, Ex. Eng. Core Division, R&B, Srinagar; Dr Shakeel Waseem, Assistant. Prof. Structural Engineering NIT Srinagar; Syed Shahid Hussain, Tehsildar, Khanyar Srinagar, Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir, SDPO Khanyar, Srinagar, Mir Jehangir, Ex. Engineer, Building & Design -Il, Quality & Control R&B Deptt., Srinagar;  Zahoor Ahmad, Ex. Engineer, Smart City, Srinagar; Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, Geologist-111, Geology & Mining Deptt, Srinagar.