The newly-constituted department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology will visit J-K after the relief and rehabilitation work there is over.
"We have decided that after all relief and rehabilitation work has been done, the Parliamentary Committee will visit J-K. It is very essential that the people of (the state) have this feeling that the entire country is with them.
"MPs of all parties, after going there, will discuss with government officials the reasons which led to such a big disaster, its solution and how to be prepared in future to deal with such situations.
He said their panel wants to focus the nation's attention on the crisis through the parliamentarians and also send out a message of solidarity to the people of J-K.
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Kumar said there is a lot of concern with what unfolded in J-K and the environmental and ecological dimensions of the crisis need to be considered.
He said that instead of doing everything at the same time, the committee has decided to focus on certain key areas within its jurisdiction and work on those.
"We will try and resume work on that," he said.