Manigah Village of Kupwara demands completions of pending developmental work

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By: Mohammad Tahir

KUPWARA: Locals of village Manigah and adjacent of this frontier district alleges local Government for setting aside the developmental projects started years ago causing immense hardship to residents.   

According to local residents of Manigah that, “In 2016, the foundation stone for a project at the cost of Rs 6,55.56 lacs was laid down by the then MLA and minister for Rural Development Department and Law and Justice, Advocate Abdul Haq Khan.

Five culverts and an up gradation of 4-9 Kms of road were supposed to get completed for which earthwork was also started but that was left midway by the department concerned in 2016 only.

“The then minister and concerned authorities had promised that the road will be constructed for which a team of engineers had also visited the area, but that too proved hoax, as the area is still reeling in the darkness and people are living like as of in stones age,” said Aijaz Ahmad resident of Biyhama.

He said that the village has a huge population of around one thousand souls in Shartpora Manigah-C and some other adjacent areas including Chatwan, Behak Sabaya and Beerban that suffer a lot due to the negligence of the department concerned.

Another local resident, Bashir Ahmad said that the roads and culverts were supposed to be constructed under the scheme of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) by the Roads and Building (R&B) Department, but nothing has been done till date.

“In this century there is no electricity supply in Chatwan, Sabaya and Behak Sabya villages, due to which the entire population of the area is facing immense hardship,” another resident said.

However sources said, the High Transmission (HT) lines were fixed to some meters only and that was also left incomplete, but the Low Transmission (LT) lines were never laid in these two villages.

“Our school children, old aged people and patients have always suffered due to want of basic amenities like electricity and good roads, there are number of problems we are facing on a daily basis,” locals informed.

They alleged that only fake bills have been drawn by concerned departments for no work, otherwise the area would not have suffered in this age of modern science and technology.

“We would like to ask the Prime Minister of India and Lt Governor of J&K, Manoj Sinha, why we have been ignored, no facility has been provided to us by concerned departments so far,” said locals.