Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Aug 13: People staged protest over damages to the residential houses due to landslide followed by heavy rainfall at Potha area on Jammu-Poonch National Highway in Surankote.
Information revealed that four families along with the locals staged protest and closed Jammu-Poonch highway at Potha in Surankote. Talking to the media, family members said that their houses have been damaged due to landslide and this all happened due to widening and cutting of the road. “We urged BRO at that time that we have suffered loss in past and now our houses are being damaged, but they did not bother,” they added.
They further expressed anger over administration and BRO over not even visiting them to know their condition as they are out of their houses, on road and nobody bothered to help them. The protestors demanded justice and kept road closed for about two hours.
Later. SDM Surankote Farooq Khan Nazki reached the spot and road was thrown open. He said that he personally visited the spot. There is devastating condition. The families have been asked o shift and will provide food to them. The administration will try to help these families if there would be any provision for this, he added.
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