KUPWARA Diary

MC vehicles not lifting garbage in Handwara, local residents angry

The residents of Main town Handwara Sunday said that the garbage carrier vehicles being operated by Municipal Committee (MC) Handwara were not lifting garbage from households, thereby forcing them to put garbage on roadside.

The residents said that earlier garbage carrier vehicles would come on their doorsteps to lift garbage but for last one and a half month, they haven't turned up putting locals into a lot of inconvenience.

"Every household would pay Rs 50 every month for garbage lifting but due to unknown reasons the vehicles were not coming. We have repeatedly brought this issue into the notice of concerned officials numerous times but they seem to be insensitive towards this issue," a local Imtiyaz Ul Islam Shiekh of Umer Abad Khunbal Handwara told Greater Kashmir.

"Over thousand households have been suffering but authorities are yet to take any call about this," he added.

The residents have sought immediate intervention of Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Handwara Aziz Ahmad Rather in this regard so that the hardships being faced by them may end.

Ishgund Khumriyal residents rue lack of water to their agricultural land

The residents of Ishgund Khumriyal in Kalaroose area of Kupwara have expressed strong resentment against Irrigation and Flood Control Department for failing to provide them water for their agricultural land thereby raising apprehensions among the local farmers.

The locals said that following damage to the embankments of irrigation kanal during recent flashfloods, they approached the department well in time for repairment of the same but to no avail.

"Almost 20, 000 kanal agriculture land will turn barren if not provided water at the earliest. At this time we would be done with agricultural activities but this year due to callous approach of the concerned department we are yet to start the activities," said a local. The residents have sought immediate intervention of Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Ayushi Sudan in this regard.