Sangri Baramulla residents demand macadamisation of road stretch

Baramulla, Oct 17: The residents of Bhat Mohalla Sangri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town staged protest against the R&B department on Thursday for not macadamising the road stretch of their locality.

The grieved residents on Thursday blocked the road for several hours and demanded immediate macadamisation of the left out road stretch.

The protesting residents said that the department of R&B Baramulla recently started macadamisation of the Sangri Bala road. They said after completing the one km macadamisation, the authorities left the Bhat Mohalla road stretch which is just 500 meters.

“We were optimistic that the 500 metre road stretch of the Bhat mohalla too will be macadamised, but the authorities had left out this road stretch without any reason,” said one of the protesting woman.

The locals here said that in the absence of the macadamisation of the road, the residents of this area area are facing severe hardships. “It is extremely difficult for the residents of this area to pass on this road especially when there are rains,” said Muhammad Ashraf a local resident.

While urging the Baramulla district administration to initiate immediately the macadamisation of the left out road stretch, the protesting residents said that ahead of the winter the left out road need to be macadamised so that people have some sigh of relief.

“The sangri area of Baramulla town is situated at high altitude. During the rainy season especially in the winter, the bad condition of the roads give tough time to the locals here. We therefore, request the authorities to initiate the macadamisation work on the left out road stretch immediately,” urged the locals.