Kund residents demand completion of Kund-Manzmoo road
Kulgam: The residents of Kund, Maldar and its adjacent areas in Qazigund hamlet of Kulgam district Wednesday appealed to authorities to expedite the execution of the work on the road. Locals said that Kund-Manzmoo road was approved around two years before at the cost of around 13 crore. “However no work has been executed on […]
Adlash Anantnag residents decry non availability of potable water
Anantnag: The residents of Adlash Magam village in Srigufwara hamlet of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday expressed their dismay over the failure of the authorities to provide facilities of potable water. The residents said that they are forced to drink contaminated water as the concerned department has failed to provide them drinking water for […]
Pooniwah Kulgam residents decry water shortage
Kulgam: The residents of Pooniwah village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district are up in arms against the Jal Jeevan department for its failure to provide drinking water to the area. The residents said the pipeline in the area was laid around three decades ago and was not upgraded till date, resulting in scarcity of drinking […]
Newa Pulwama residents aghast over hike in Power bills
Pulwama: The residents of Newa area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district are up in against Power Development Department (PDD) for alleged arbitrary hike in their monthly electricity power tariff. The residents said the authorities are resorting to frequent hikes in power bills thereby making people of the area to suffer. “The authorities have inflated bills […]
Shamshipora-Hushanpora residents demand concrete protection bund on river Vishaw
Anantnag: The residents of Shamshipora and Hushanpora villages in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday demanded construction of a concrete protection bund on river vishaw for safety of locals. The residents said that the river bank has developed cracks at some spots and there was need of immediate construction of concrete protection bund for the […]
MC Pulwama uses circular road as dumping site, locals complain
Pulwama: The residents of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday complained against the Municipal Committee Pulwama for turning a circular road into a dumping site. The residents said the authorities were dumping all the Garbage along a circular road, leaving people aghast. “The Municipal Committee collects Garbage from different areas in Pulwama town and throws […]
Anantnag residents demand widening of Janglatmandi-Donipawa road
Anantnag: The residents of several villages of Anantnag district on Thursday demanded widening of the vital Janglatmandi- Donipawa road. The residents of Janglat Mandi, Donipawa and Shirpora area of Anantnag said that all roads in the area have been widened but this very vital patch of around two kilometres was left out by the authorities. […]
Koil Pulwama residents demand diversion of Chaterpura Nallah
Pulwama: The residents of Koil village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday demanded diversion of water of a stream flowing through the area saying that it was seeping into residential houses besides damaging their crops. The locals said that the water level of the stream (nallah) increases at the time of rains which inundate […]
Macadamised Bijbehara-Sirhama road develops cracks at several spots
Anantnag: The Bijbehara-Sirhama road which was macadamised last year has developed cracks at several spots which has raised fingers on the department over use of alleged substandard material. The locals have demanded that the concerned should macadamise these spots again besides an inquiry should be started to probe the use of sub standard material for […]