Bad roads in Rajouri pester pedestrians, locals*

Riaz Choudhary

Rajouri, May 10 (GNS):–Residents of Rajouri accused the authorities of neglecting the roads in the area subjecting the people to immense difficulties.

All the roads connecting scores of villages through various routes with Rajouri town are in a shambles, the locals said.

“The tall claims of the authorities on development of the roads fall flat in our village where the people suffer immensely for want of good roads,” said serpanch Liaqat Choudhary of Flatehpur Danna.

The Rajouri bypass Bella Road, Rajouri to Thanna Mandi, Rajouri to Gurdan Balla, Rajouri to Palulian, Rajouri to Choudhary Nar and Rajouri to Chawa roads are in shambles. Besides, the condition of the inner link roads in the town is no different, locals complained.

The locals said that due to the bad roads, the commuters particularly the school going children and patients are suffering a lot.

“Often when we take the patients to the hospitals, they face lot of difficulties and at times it becomes difficult to take them to the hospitals,” locals said.

Locals appealed to the governor administration to look into the issue and direct the authorities concerned to immediately repair and upgrade the roads so that the movement of the people is eased.