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RDL machines fall silent, leave sand extraction mid-way 3/18/2018 11:03:59 PM M Fakhru-Zamman Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Mar 18: After devastating floods of 2014, GOI allocated funds for drudging involving crores. The dredging was undertaken but the results are disappointing as sand has been left on roadside while as the company have installed mini crusher, screening and washing plant in the area with the result many areas like VPC and other adjoining areas get polluted. Well placed sources told Early Times that, the department of Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) was supposed to finish the drudging at many places in river Jhelum from Sopore to Sheeri in Baramulla town, for which the contract was awarded to West Bengal India firm, 'Reach Dredging Ltd (RDL)'. "There is no respite in the chances of floods which may occur at any time as only few places were selected in greed to get more sand so that it could be sold to some blue eyed contractors in the department concerned", said sources. Sources said that, we being the citizens of Kashmir have every right to ask the government what preventive measures have been taken after 2014 floods which made devastation in Kashmir valley, though State and Government of India (GOI) have left no stone unturned to overcome of these floods, but department concerned chopped off much popular and other kind of trees over the river banks, and where the money has gone, nobody knows about that. Though the orders of chopping of trees were given formally and there is no written order of it, and authorities at the helm of affairs have claimed that the money was utilized for some other work, sources informed. They said that dykes on the national Srinagar-Muzaffarbad NHW which has not only created air pollution but it has badly affected the inhabitants of Veerwan Pandit colony (VPC) who somehow were accommodated here by the govt, but it seems that they have not been given a chance to take a sigh of relief from the disturbances which they have been passing from.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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