People protest, demand completion of Ladana road

Worst condition of Kulwanta-Ladana road under PMGSY in Ramnagar. -Excelsior/ K.Kumar
Worst condition of Kulwanta-Ladana road under PMGSY in Ramnagar. -Excelsior/ K.Kumar

Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Nov 27: Villagers of Kulwanta today protested against worst condition of under construction PMGSY road to Bari Ladana in Ramnagar tehsil.
The protest was held under the supervision of Kheam Raj Sarpanch, assisted by Mohd Iqbal Panch, Shah Nawaz Panch, Babu Ram, Rajinder Singh, Ajay Singh and others. They raised slogans against the PMGSY Department and appealed the Governor for his personal intervention to ensure completion of this road under PMGSY, unit Ramnagar.
The entire village is dependent on this road and people suffer because it has not been completed by the contractor for the last more than a year.
“This 14.5 km road from Kulwanta to Bari Ladana under PMGSY Package number JK14-206 was to be completed with an amount of Rs 789.79 lakh by March 2018 but even after the lapse of more than an year since its deadline, the road is incomplete,” the villagers explained and added that despite complaints to the PMGSY Department and even on `Mari Sadak App’, no action was taken.
“These days the condition of the road is so bad that we even can’t walk on it and it is risky to carry sick and old persons, pregnant women to Sub District Hospital Ramnagar and DH Udhampur because of big potholes. The school going children also suffer during rainy days, as the road remain completely closed,” they added.