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| Flood threat looms large on Kupwara villages | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
KUPWARA, Mar 30: The incessant rains that have lashed Kashmir valley over the past one week or so have inundated dozens of areas in this frontier district of North Kashmir. The flood threat is looming large with lives of people at stake. At least 23 families of Shah Mohallah Muqam, Lolab are facing flood threat due to breach in a local irrigation water reservoir. Due to heavy rains a breach has come up in the locality and following this many localities have got submerged. Traffic on Sogam-Dewer, Hayatpora road was affected due to overflow of water from Gund Manshir stream. The overflowing water has inundated the road near Khan Check. According to locals, due to heavy rains since past many days the protection wall of irrigation water reservoir developed crack on one side. They said the cracks led to breach subsequently submerging the nearby Shah Mohalla. "The reservoir which is spread over 65 Acres of land developed crack yesterday and the water has now reached to our houses which pose threat to us. Our courtyards, roads and lawns are inundated. We brought the matter into the notice of officials and later Naib Tehsildar visited the spot, however no such measure were taken today to provide safety to people," said Gh Rasool Bhat a local of Shah Mohalla.
Bhat said that people are scared to spend night inside house fearing water may seep into houses. He said the contractor who constructed the outer protection wall of reservoir used sub standard cement. Another local, Nazir Ahmad said the Mohalla is just 50 meters away from reservoir and chances of flood are very high if rains continued at same pace. He urged the authorities to look into the matter at earliest. Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Itrat Hussain said that due to heavy rains the water overflowed from reservoir. He said a team of Irrigation department to the spot to take stock of situation. "The outlet might be blocked and the officials have been sent on spot to the control the situation. But the protection wall has not cracked, but water overflow has caused fear like situation among locals," said the Deputy Commissioner.
Meanwhile, at least one house was damaged as a landslide struck Kawhar Sheeri village in Baramulla. Following this many families were shifted to safer places in view of possible recurrence in this landslide prone Chandoosa belt. A police spokesman said a house owned by four families was damaged while two other houses of Naseer Ahmad Bhat and Reyaz Ahmad Reshi were exposed to imminent danger in Kawhar Sheeri village. The police spokesman said that government has advised evacuation of various families in Laridoora, Muran Tangawari, Lateefabad, Dudmoolah, Kawhar, Dadmolaha and Walraman to safer places. |
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