Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 2: Fed up with the repeated assurances, the residents led by senior DAP leader and Sarpanch Badrinath Sharma and Kissan leader Ch Mohan staged protest against Government over miserable condition of RS Pura road and blocked the vehicular movement for couple of hours at Kotli Shah Doula today.
After getting information, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) and police contingent rushed to the spot to pacify the protestors, but people remained adamant and continued their protest.
The protesters ended protest after assurance from SDM RS Pura along with SDPO and SHO RS Pura that blacktopping work will be started in couple of days.
Speaking on the occasion, DAP leader said the strategic RS Pura road especially from Panchayat Kotli Shah Doula to RS Pura has turned into a nightmare for commuters. The road, which we blacktopped years ago, is now full of potholes, making them potential death traps for motorists particularly during the rainy season. Sarpanch Badrinath Sharma was addressing protesters during huge protest against delaying blacktopping of road despite consistently bringing condition of road before the concerned authorities. Speaking to media persons, Badrinath Sharma said that despite claims by Government to carry road repairs on priority, the roads and building department has done nothing to maintain them.”Nothing has changed in our area. Despite being a border area, the successive Governments have neglected us. The condition of the basic infrastructure exposes all claims,” said Sharma.He alleged that their requests to concerned authorities had fallen on deaf ears.
He said no steps have been taken in the last eight years to improve the basic infrastructure in the RS Pura sector. “Despite series of protests, concerned departments have not paid any attention to our grievances. Now, residents are living with the hardships. You can see the condition of the Jammu-RS Pura road to understand how dangerous is to travel on it,” said Sharma.
“We are facing lot of inconvenience in commuting to and fro with the damaged roads, which are really in a shabby condition. The roads are also not worth for old people to commute.
Sarpanch appealed to the Lt Governor to intervene into the matter and get the construction work of the aforesaid road done on priority basis, so as to provide succor to the residents.
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