Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, July 16: Six hundred poultry birds in a poultry farm belonging to one Rakesh Kumar were perished after the drainage water due to heavy rains entered his poultry farm situated near Jammu -Pathankote National Highway in Barnoti village of Kathua district late last night.
The people have accused the authorities of their total failure in constructing a drain along the NH due to which entire rain water of the surrounding area enters the poultry farm and other building along NH. Similarly, rain water also entered in residential houses in Mertha village near Barnoti causing a heavy loss to people.
The people of the area have expressed concern over the failure of the authorities to construct proper drainage system in the area saying it was the first Monsoon rain of the season which created such havoc in the area.
In Jammu the rain water has entered the Mata Roop Bhawani temple in Sharda Colony Patoli Brahmana. The residents of the area have made appeal to JMC authorities to construct a proper drainage system in the area and save the holy temple from the damage.
The rain water has also added to the woes of residents of Church Lane in Amit Nagar Muthi and people have to pass through cesspools of the water during the day as there is no proper drainage system in the area.
The local residents in a meeting today made an appeal to the JMC authorities to look into the problem and demanded that a proper drainage system be constructed in the area besides tiling of the lanes.
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