| Hostile weather: flood water and snapping of power supply hit over 50 villages | | 09 residential houses, grand mosque, six cowsheds and some orchards partially damaged | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
Baramulla, Mar 30: Landslides hit many areas here in Baramulla district of north Kashmir due to incessant rains, while as 33000 electric line is snapped in Mohra Uri due to which at least fifty villages of border town are under darkness from past one day.
Due to incessant rains, landslides occurred at villages Katiyanwali, Gohan, Chandoosa, Dardpoora, Pachhar, Faqirbagh, Rajpora, Nowgam, Lateefabad, Mooran, and Fresthar, in Kandi Belt of Baramulla district. As per local reports nine residential houses, grand mosque, six cowsheds and orchards got partially damaged. Landslides also hit many areas of Baramulla town, Fresthar, Khadiniyar, Laridoora and many far flung villages of Uri town.
Local resident of Katiyanwali of Kandi belt Mohammad Rafiq told early Times, "in this worst situation hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes due to incessant rains towards the safer places in and around Kandi belt."
"In past also we have suffered heavy damages due to the landslides but the authorities have never come up with a solution to this problem," said Rfiq.
Locals said that the unprecedented heavy downpour continuing for the second day today hundreds of people have abandoned their homes as the flood like situation turned grim in the district on Sunday.
According to locals, scores of residential areas and colonies of Sopore town were inundated Monday due to incessant rains from past two days.
"The areas including Puthkha, Sangrama, Model town, Noor Bagh, Sidiq Colony, Sheer colony, Krankshivan, Arampora, Mahrajpora, Krankshive are submerged due to rains," local residents told Early Times. Meanwhile the Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today visited Pattan area in Baramulla district to take stock of the situation in the wake of heavy rains.
Naqvi accompanied by state Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Sukhnandan and Minister for Technical Education Imran Raza Ansari visited several villages of Pattan and other adjacent areas to take stock of the situation which has arisen due to incessant rains.
Meanwhile sources said that 33000 electric line got snapped in Mohra Uri, where almost fifty villages are in darkness, which have led to resentment among masses against the concerned authorities. In many parts of Baramulla district, people alleged, the damaged power transformers taken away for repair work are yet to be made operational despite repeated pleas and people are suffering owing to the power crisis. |
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