Bagh-Rahimya road Residents demand blacktopping of road

Suhail Rather

Bandipora, July 27: The residents of Bagh Bandipora  (Rahimya Road)  on Friday appealed DC Bandipora to macdamize the said road on priority as the same was removed by R&B earlier this year as it was damaged within few months. 

 "Our road was blacktopped last year in September and such a thin layer was  laid that it got washed away at maximum points within 48 hours last year, " Said a local Irshad Ahmad. "After our protest another layer was laid only within two days. "But that too got washed away  on the first snowfall in November".

"This year to hide their failures,  deptt removed the remainning layer of macdam and promised to blacktop it again but till now it has not been black toped that has lead to hardships to us, " He said adding that the road witnesses huge dust that has put the residents in trouble including  students of two schools – High School Bagh and Faiz e Aam Public School. 

Locals said the deptt promised last year that the contractor responsible will be put to task and his bills will not be released till he repair the road again but so far he has failed to repair the road. 

They appealed DC Bandipora Shhabaz Ahmad Mirza to direct the concerned to fulfil their promise by blacktopping the road and punishing the contractor for laying sub-standard material last year. 

 "An amount if Rs 10 lakh was spend on this Bagh – Pachan road last year and while money got down the drain. There should be accountability fir the misdeed of contractor, " Locals said