Peerzada Tahir
Sopore,July 17 : The Zaloora-Sopore road in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has been in bad shape for years as the roads and buildings (R&B) department has failed to carry out necessary repair of the road.
The 8-km stretch of the road has countless potholes, which are giving a tough time to commuters.
Commuters told The Kashmir Despatch that vehicles frequently break down on the eroded stretch, they said that the potholes are deep enough to damage vehicles, this road is in a pathetic condition and making travel on the road all the more dangerous added Commuters.
Junaid Ahmed is local student told Kashmir Despatch that if government is claiming that macadamisation had met the international standards in Kashmir and government is continiously busy for macadamising roads throughout the valley then why only this road has been neglected by authorities, this indicates improper approach towards us which causes lot of inconvience to the people.
The residents said that we have been eagerly waiting for the commencement of construction work here, but to no avail.
DDC Tujjar Shareef Sahil Muzzafar told Kashmir Despatch that issue has been already discussed with the concerned department and work will be started at earliest.
A senior official at R&B department Sopore informed this newspaper that department is waiting for approval and once approval will be done soon work will be strated on the road.
