Retinaad Tral village lacks road connectivity, allege locals
Pulwama: The inhabitants of Retinaad Aripal in Tral hamlet of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district are up in arms against the administration for its failure in providing road connectivity to the area.
The absence of road connectivity is causing huge inconvenience to the residents of this area, the locals said.
They asked the government to bring their area under the purview of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
The absence of proper road connectivity has rendered the people living in these area economically backward, the locals decried.
“We are not able to move our goods and merchandise due to the absence of road,” the residents added.
“For ration and procurement of other essentials, we have to visit other areas and due to absence of road, we are facing immense difficulties, in getting these especially during the winters,” the locals added.
Due to the absence of healthcare facilities too, the patients have to cover miles to visit the adjoining health centres, they said.
“Many patients at times die on way to the nearby hospital,” the locals rued.
“Several cases of death of pregnant women have been reported from the area due to absence of healthcare facilities,” the locals added.
“We are treated like animals as no attention is being provided towards our village despite repeated visits to the offices of concerned officials,” they said.
“You won’t find any office where we haven’t gone to seek road connectivity but nothing is being done on ground,” they said
“There is need to construct few kilometre road to connect us with the nearest village which has road connectivity, but since 20 years we have been moving from pillar to post but nothing has been done so far,” they added.
“Even we are unable to carry patients on cart as the track leading to our village is too narrow,” said Bashir Khan, a local resident.
The residents accused the government of turning a blind eye towards their grievances.
“The successive regimes have failed to mitigate our sufferings,” the inhabitants said.
“We have now put all our hopes in the present dispensation and hope that our issue is resolved,” the locals added.
They requested LG Manoj Sinha to look into the matter at an earliest so that their sufferings will end.
