Excelsior Correspondent
Pulwama, Feb 10: Hundreds of Ratnipora villagers in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district today held a ‘torchlight’ protest against the Government for not granting CD Block status to their village.
Villagers led by local committee representatives poured on the main road after evening prayers and chanted slogans against the Government.
They said their village holds the centrality in the area and deserves a Block status.
Dozens of villages, including Pahoo, Dougam, Mirbagh, Gulbagh, Hanjipora, Puchal, Lajoora, Narwah, Kunjipora, Kharbatpora, Tirch , Pinglena, fall within the vicinity of the village, having population of around 8,000 deserves to be a Block, they said.
“We had met the CSC during their visit to the district and raised our demand before them. They had assured us of the Block. But we were shocked when the announcement was made and our village did not figure anywhere in the list,” they said.
The villagers demand that the Government consider their genuine wish, “else we will launch a prolonged agitation against the Government.”
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