Tunnel for Karnah, Gurez: PUF starts 3-day sit-in outside civil secretariat
Srinagar: People’s United Front-constituting of AIP and JKPM-Tuesday started a 3-day sit-in near Civil Secretariat Srinagar to press for providing tunnel connectivity to Gurez and Karnah without further delay.
On the occasion, AIP President, Er Rasheed while talking to media said that people of Karnah, Gurez and other border areas had a right to live with honour and dignity.
“The area needs tunnel not LOC shelling, Bofors guns, arms and ammunitions. It is disgraceful that despite praising people of border areas every time and using their innocence and sincerity for national gains, New Delhi has been doing worst to the local population in these border areas,” he said.
He said that every year precious lives were lost and the areas remain cut off for months together in bad weathers.
While people on the other side of the LOC had better roads and other basic amenities, “but unfortunately people from our side are living a miserable life”, he added.
“Government must wake up and listen to the sufferings of people of Gurez and Karnah”.
Rasheed added that the sit-in was aimed at “not only asking union government to take notice of miseries and misfortunes of people of border areas but let the entire people of J&K wake up and speak for people of Karnah and Gurez”.
He urged Governor Satyapal Malik to take up the issue with union government for an early approval of the much needed tunnels at Nastachun Gali (Sadhna Top) and Razdhan top for Karnah and Gurez respectively.
Rasheeed on the occasion, lashed out at Indian media and asked if Karnah and Gurez fetched headlines in hours of tension at borders, “Why couldn’t the sufferings of Karnah and Gurez become a headline or night hour debate for these national TV channels?”.
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