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SUHAIL YOUSUF SHAH
Kupwara, Apr 15: Traders, students, locals, and shopkeepers in Kupwara are protesting the district administration’s failure to offer better road connectivity to residents in the area.
According to locals, the Kupwara-Regipora road has been in disrepair for the past five years, and no one is paying attention to it, despite the fact that the district’s top authorities use this road on a regular basis.
According to the aggrieved people, this route links to Kupwara Degree College and several other significant locations, as well as connects twin areas with the district government.
A local shopkeeper, who did not want to be identified, informed Global Kashmir that this is the status of a road that is only a kilometre from the District Development Commissioner’s office, and he went on to say that this is the situation of other roads in the town.
While shopkeepers and drivers in this area expressed their dissatisfaction, they stated that our district administration claims to be delivering basic services to this border district, but that these assertions are just based on documents.
The shopkeepers in this town claim that they have repeatedly contacted the concerned authorities but that their requests have gone unheeded.
On Friday, the Regipora stage traders, PRIs, and transporters organised a peaceful demonstration requesting greater road connectivity.
ADDC Kupwara has also served a letter in this regard to Executive Engineer R & B. Kupwara The letter reads as follows: “This is in reference to the news/video clip circulated on social media regarding the protest against your department as the road leading to Bohipora/Govt. Degree College Kupwara has been in dilapidated condition since OS years. It is pertinent to mention that the same issue was raised by the inhabitants of the area through social media a few days ago & this office has taken up the same matter with you for immediate attention by way of upgrading the said road with proper drainage and widening.
It also says, “However, due to your negligence, the issue has once again been raised on social media by the Traders, PRI’s of Bohipora regarding the subject. As the road leads to the Degree College Bohipora and is a key road for Villagam and Trehgam areas, “you are once again directed to visit the said area personally and take immediate temporary measures for drainage outlet and fill up of patch wholes within one day positively.”
In this context, I am directed to request you to prepare a comprehensive DPR for the said road which shall include proper drainage, widening, and upgrading of the steel bridge near the water pump and take necessary measures for its execution during the current financial year under intimation to this office. reads the concluding paragraph of the letter.
The necessary report should reach this office within 4 days. “
