Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 18: Hundreds of the people from Nikki Tawi and Mandal areas today held a demonstration against no road connectivity to their villages and demanded immediate reconstruction of damaged bridge over river Tawi.
The bridge got washed in floods in September last year. Thereafter, the Army had constructed a Pontoon bridge which also recently suffered damage due to floods.
The protesting villagers, led by senior Congress leader and social activist Kapil Singh, also blocked the fourth bridge over river Tawi, which connects Ware House area with Bhagwati Nagar, for more than two hours.
They raised slogans against the State Government for its failure to start work for reconstruction of damaged bridge, which, according to them, had been affecting their day-to-day life adversely.
“We strongly condemn the State Government’s indifferent attitude which has been adding to the miseries. The students of 45 villages have been facing hardships to reach their schools and colleges due to poor road connectivity to the area”, they said.
Later, the Tehsildar Mandal and senior police officers rushed to the spot and pacified the protestors saying they would soon take up the matter with the State Government for early reconstruction of damaged bridge.
After the assurance, the protestors lifted their dharna and warned that they would intensify their agitation if work on the damaged bridge was not started at the earliest.
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