DODA, April 30 -- The Pahari dwellers of chenab region issues a strong and unequivocal appeal to the government led by Omar Abdullah to immediately bring the regions of Saraz, Bhaderwah, Bhalessa, Pogal-Paristan, Bonjwah, Dachhan, Marwah, and Warwan under the ambit of the Pahari ethnic group.
This is not merely a demand-it is a question of justice long denied. The people of these mountainous and historically marginalized regions have, for decades, remained excluded despite fulfilling every established benchmark laid down by the Lokur Committee. The continued exclusion reflects a systemic oversight that must now be corrected with urgency and political will.
The Lokur Committee criteria-geographical isolation, distinct culture, backwardness...