Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, Nov 4: Up in arms against change of alignment in the proposed ropeway project for Shivkhori, people of Ransoo and adjoining areas today observed a complete shutdown and took out a protest march.
Led by the DDC Pouni-A, Kewal Kumar and others, the protesting people also blocked the road and staged a sit-in seeking no change in the original survey for the ropeway.
People from village Ransoo, Sagar, Kotla, Dehote, Alyaa, Kalha, Bamblaya (Sanger), Kalha, Lower Kotla and Kotla took part in the protest and also forwarded a memorandum to Divisional Commissioner Jammu pressing their demand.
In the original survey, which was conducted two years ago, ropeway was to be made from Kotla to Shiv Khori Ransoo. However, a new survey was made recently for the ropeway from new Bus stand to helipad Shiv Khori.
Protest people claimed that the local would suffer due to the ropeway as per new survey because most of the villagers were working as labourer and employed as Pithu, Palki, Ponywala and running local market there.
Demanding that the ropeway project be executed as per the old survey, the protesting people appealed Government to look into the issue and take a positive decision.
A number of Sarpanches, Panches and prominent people of the area took part in the protest.
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