Srinagar, Sept. 6 -- Now that the waters in Jammu and Kashmir rivers have subsided after destroying huge areas in Jammu region and badly impacting scores of villages in south and central Kashmir, the government here should dedicate itself to the relief and rehabilitation of flood victims. The central government too should open up its coffers to assist the UT government as the later solely can't rehabilitate this huge chunk of population. While pacing up the relief and rehabilitation efforts, the government here should start an honest exercise of soul searching and try to find out that what has gone wrong and where that even after 2014 devastating floods, it was not ready to tackle the situation this time.

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