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| With no foot bridge, locals of Pyt Sunater risk lives to cross Barsua nallah | | | 
EARLY TIMES REPORT
UDHAMPUR, June 13: Several villages in Panchayat Sunater of Udhampur district is yet to get a link with mainland due to which the locals in order to reach their respective destinations have no other option but to cross Barsua nallah.
Despite repeated pleas of the locals to construct a foot bridge, the administration paid no heed to provide these people a safe link.
Every day locals particularly students of several villages risk their lives to cross the mighty nallah.
The villagers in order to conduct their daily chores have no other means but to cross the nallah on foot and a few even dare to swim across from one bank to the other. Often adults are seen carrying children and elderly people on their shoulders to help them cross the river.
“With no foot bridge in our area, we are forced to cross the mighty nallah with bags on our heads,” said a student of village Barsua, adding that people have been suffering due to lack of proper connectivity in the area.
“We are forced to live the life which our parents used to live as there is no change here in terms of roads, medical facilities, electricity and potable drinking water. Since decades, neither our elected representatives nor previous governments or district administration took stock of our plights,” said a local, Farooq Ahmed.
He further said the locals are waiting for the construction of a bridge over the nallah but nothing has been done so far.
“Due to the absence of bridge many people have migrated from the villages towards other places. Population of more than 5000 souls is suffering in the absence of a proper connectivity,” a villager said.
“It is a herculean task to cross the nallah during rainy season as it’s impossible to cross when it swells to dangerous proportions. It would be far easy for the people to cross over if a bridge is constructed,” he said.
He requested Lt Governor to take serious note on this and instruct the district administration to construct a bridge over the Barsua nallah so that the people of the adjoining areas heave a sigh of relief. |
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