Excelsior Correspondent
BANIHAL, Mar 11: National Conference leader and District president Ramban Haji Sajjad Shaheen has expressed grave concern over erratic power supply in far-off areas of the Banihal Assembly constituency due to snapping of electric poles and wires following heavy snowfall that have not been set right for weeks together.
During his extensive two days on foot visit to various snow affected villages of Neel, he met with large number of people and enquired about the situation arisen after heavy snowfall. He also addressed series of meetings during the tour and sought immediate repair to the damaged poles and transformers and restoration of power.
Shaheen visited several villages that include Batoo, Gagoni, Parihinder, Zarari, Fatehwagen in Neel and during interaction in these villages, the people complained about scarcity of drinking water in several villages. He said the road connectivity to Neel-Batoo and Parihinder is yet to be restored even after two months of snowfall and the delay in clearance of snow from roads has badly impacted the mobility and added to the miseries of the people. He particularly referred to the blockade of Chamalwas-Neel road and Khari -Mahu Mangit road saying no serious effort is being made to restore these roads.
Expressing grave concern over the inability of the previous Government in clearing the bottle necks on Heewagan-Neel road and Seeran-Sarachi road, the NC District president urged the R&B Department for taking up restoration and upgradation works on immediate bases.
Shaheen also drew the attention of the Governor led State administration towards deficiencies in education and health sectors and sought immediate filling up of vacant posts as also stocking of adequate quantity of medicines in the health institutions.
He said complaints about defunct utility services have also been received from Khari-Trigam, Mahoo-Mangit, Pogal-Paristan, Sumar, Sarachi, Bajmasta, Chaka, Sarbagni, Bingara, Kumbla, Maligam, Arimarg, Buzla Senabati and Tanka.
A number of PDP, BJP and Congress workers joined National Conference during the tour.
Mohd Sadiq Naik, Gulam Rasool Deing, Mohd Khalil Sohil, Nisar Ahmed Sohil, Riyaz Ahmed Mir, Sarpanch Tanvir Ahmed Katoch, Thakur Bharat Singh, Abdul Rashid Shan, Musharaf Naik, Tahir Ashraf Koka and others accompanied Shaheen.
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