Sajid Raina
Bandipora, Aug 24 : Falling under the category of model village, the road leading to the famous shrine at Ahamsharief in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district is in a dilapidated condition, residents complained on Tuesday.
Talking with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the residents alleged that it has been over several years that the administration has been making false claims for repairing the 5-km road stretch which is filled with deep potholes, but nothing has been done at ground level.
Disappointed with the official apathy, the locals said that the road leads to a famous shrine of Hazrat Sultan-ul-Arifeen, Sheikh Hamzah Makhdoom Sahib (RA), located at Ahamsharief village which falls in the category of model villages is full of potholes but the administration has only made tall claims in the past and nothing has been done at ground level to improve the condition.
“Accidents take place due to deep potholes and it becomes difficult even to step out of our houses during rainfall, due to water accumulation,” locals said.
Tabasum, a local student, said that it is beyond her understanding why the dilapidated road is not being repaired yet despite several requests to the administration.
Ajaz Ahmad, a sumo driver, said that he is short of words to describe the situation of the vehicles that are running on this road.
“We are being deceived every year to say the condition of the road will be repaired but it is not happening yet which is causing the whole village to suffer,” Abdul Aziz another local said.
The residents of the village appealed to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha to personally look into the matter in order to redress their grievances—(KNO)
