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3 killed, 3 hurt in Marwah accident 11/25/2015 11:59:47 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Kishtwar, Nov 25: Three persons died on spot while three others received critical injuries when a Tata Sumo in which they were travelling met with an accident near Purana Kadal at Marwah here last evening. The ill fated vehicle was on its way from Anantnag to Nawapachi when it met with an accident at around 6 pm Tuesday evening but the locals came to know about it at 8 am today, police sources said. As soon as the people came to know about the accident, the villagers along with police immediately rushed to the spot and launched search operation and found three bodies from the accidental spot, besides three injured persons and shifted them to Nawapachi from where they were airlifted to GMCH, Jammu. The deceased were identified by police as Ghulam Abbas Magray son of Ghulam Ali Magray, Zarifa Begum wife of Ghulam Hassan Magray and Shahnaza Begum wife of Mohammad Ramzan Magrey all residents of Nowapachi Marwah while the injured persons were identified as Mohammad Ramzan son of Abdul Aziz resident of Nowapachi, Khurshid Alam son of Abdul Rashid Mali resident of Chenjer Marwah and driver Ifrooz Ahmed son of Abdul Aziz Dangroo of Lissu Kokernag. Meanwhile the locals of Marwah and Warwan blamed poor roads for the cause of frequent accidents in the area, besides blaming telecommunication department (BSNL) for their failure in providing mobile connectivity to Marwah and Warwan despite the fact that mobile towers stands erected in the area since last several years. "If there was mobile connectivity, the life of one or two deceased could have been saved if rescued on time--- but it is unfortunate the successive governments have failed to provide mobile connectivity to the area" said Shahriyar Riyaz of Marwah. He also highlighted the worse condition of road in the area. He said that the youth of the area had voted for the change for want of betterment of roads, electricity, communication, infrastructure and other facilities and rued that the present government like previous one has too failed to come true to the expectations of the people. "The local minister along with District administration inaugurated Warwan mobile tower with much fanfare, but it stopped functioning within a week's time--- it is sad that even after several months both BSNL and administration fails to restore mobile tower" said Nisar Ahmed Malik.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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