Bandipora-Ajar road in shambles; Locals demand macdamization of road

Locals appeal DC B’pora to intervene

Suhail Rather

Bandipora, Sep 02 (PTK): Residents of this north Kashmir’s village believe that good road leads to development but the daily commuters are facing with massive ordeal as most of the roads of this village pass through potholes and the department concerned is giving deaf ear to their pleas.
The residents of Ajar Bandipora are up in arms against the district administration for failing to repair the Ajar-Bandipora road subjecting the residents of a dozen villages to extreme hardships due to the dilapidated condition of the road.
The locals said that the 1-kilometer stretch of road from Forest Check post chowk to Ajar power house is in shambles and dotted with potholes giving trouble to the travelers. The road also leads to strategic Kishenganga Hydroelectric Power Project.
Locals said that heavy machinery that plied on this road during the construction of power project damaged the road but neither the authorities nor the NHPC authorities bothered to repair the road thus troubling the locals. They said the distance that can be covered in five minutes is covered in more than half an hour owing to potholes all over the road.
Irshad Ahmad a resident of Ajar said that they are suffering due to the indifferent attitude of the Roads and buildings department towards the village and they are least bothered about their health and hygiene as bumpy roads have become hazardous for them.
Bilal Ahmad a local of the Ajar area of Bandipora said the condition of the road from Ajar to Bandipora is in deplorable condition and it is painful for us especially patients.
“The road was macadamised before a decade and now it has patholes, ditches which irks computer’s including transporters to run on it, nobody is paying any attention towards it and the road is in shambles,” the locals said.
Locals urged authorities to look into the matter and macdamize the road at an earliest.
Residents urge the Deputy Commissioner Bandipora to look into the matter. (PTK)