People rue absence of basic amenities at Zachaldara Tehsil headquarter

Kupwara, Aug 14: General public in Zachaldara tehsil of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Wednesday showed strong resentment against authorities for failing to ensure basic amenities for common people at tehsil headquarter thus putting them into a lot of hardships.

Locals of the area said that Zachaldara tehsil being the headquarter for over fifty villages, so large number of people every day visit different offices for redressal of their grievances but lack of basic amenities including toilet facility, drinking water, passenger shed takes a heavy toll on them.

“The women folk face most of the brunt with regard to lack of toilet facility and passenger shed at Zachaldara. Even Zachaldara lacks a stand for cabs with the result drivers park their vehicles on main roads resulting in usual traffic jams,” Syed Imtiyaz a local journalist told Greater Kashmir.

The residents said that a few years ago the government had approved a mini-secretariat for Zachaldara tehsil and for that demarcation of land was also carried out but due to unknown reasons the project did not see the light of the day.

They said that with regard to lack of basic amenities, they have appealed to the concerned authorities numerous times but after the passage of over five years nothing has been done so far. Even PRI members from the area have failed to address the issue.

They have sought immediate intervention of Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Ayushi Sudan in this regard, so that the problems being faced by common people on a daily basis may end.

When Greater Kashmir brought these issues into the notice of Tehsildar Zachaldara Syed Bashrat, he said that the land has been identified for a lavatory block and funds have been also allocated for the want of the same. “Within a couple of months people will not face problems with regard to lavatory.”

When asked about non-availability of a bus stand at Zachaldara, he said that that was also under consideration.