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| RDD sanctions Rs 40 lakh for new bridge | | Finally Budgam playground gets Govt attention | |  Early Times Report
BUDGAM, June 27: The neglected playground at Wathoora Budgam which has a potential of being developed as an international stadium finally got attention of Government during Back to Village programme on Thursday.
The visiting officer Sarmad Hafeez Secretary to Government Youth Services and Sports announced that Government will develop the playground into a state of art stadium.
During the function Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Budgam announced that Rs 40 would be sanctioned immediately under NREGA for creating a foot bridge on Doodh Ganga canal so that playground at Wathoora becomes approachable.
As reported already Rural Development Department with cooperation of local youth of Wathoora in Budgam district had set up a makeshift wooden bridge on Doodh Ganga nallah paying a way for connecting the beautiful playground with main road. Local youth have expressed satisfaction and lauded the role of ACD Budgam Waseem Raja who took special interest on the issue and constructed a makeshift bridge within 24 hours plus sanctioning Rs 40 lakhs for the new steel bridge. Pertinently Early Times filed several reports on the issue that became viral on social media
"The lush green 115 kanal playground at Wathoora Chadoora in Budgam district which could have developed into international stadium but the has been neglected by the successive Governments as not even Rs 5 to 6 lakhs are made available for constructing a foot bridge that would make easy access to the playfield as the same surrounded by water from all the four sides. We appreciate back to vil age programme of Governor which helped us to get a makeshift bridge at least. Role of ACD Budgam and his team is appreciable," said Dr Muzaffar a local resident.
Notwithstanding the fact that three boys have drowned while attempting to cross the Doodh Ganga Wathoora in past years, the administration had failed even to connect the ground with main road that leads to Srinagar and Chadoora.
From last 40 years locals have been requesting the authorities to construct a foot bridge at Wathoora which could connect the play ground with the main road (Srinagar - Chadoora road ) but till date nothing has materialized while as many stadiums were constructed during last 10 years.
Local residents say that local legislator of the area has also cheated them with hollow slogans as he did nothing in this regard during last 20 years. Local residents say that they don't want international stadium but want strong and viable foot bridge.
Pertinently the playground is located across the Doodh Ganga river at Shahpora Wathoora where boys generally try to cross the nallah and during summers when the water level rises and the danger of drowning increases.
"Three boys drowned as they walked through the canal in past " said Mohammad Yusuf a local resident and cricketer
Reports say that more than 115 kanals of state land (Khah Charai) is available at Shahpora on the Srinagar Charar-e-sharief road and this state land is being used by the youth as a playground, but authorities have never given a serious thought about the same and only DPRs have been prepared in past which were never executed. |
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