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Nowshera border residents aggrieved over water-logging in bunkers
2/20/2022 11:29:41 PM

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JAMMU, Feb 20: The government had constructed ‘individual bunkers’ for the people living along the border belt to safeguard them from the shelling across the border but shockingly the bunkers which were constructed by PWD Nowshera turned out to be unfit for use due to faulty design for their construction.
The border belt residents in Nowshera area have urged the administration to take immediate steps in renovation of bunkers which have not been designed properly as water gets accumulated in them during rainfall due to which they can’t be used by the local residents for refuge during cross border firing or shelling.
The residents of the border belt in Mangyot Panchayat of Seri Block said that many bunkers are filled with rain water and unfit for being used by the people in the event of border skirmishes.
They alleged that the bunkers have not been designed properly so that the rain water does not enter and they can be used for the entire year by the people whenever need be.
The residents said what is the fun of constructing these bunkers when they can’t be used in the hour of need and the huge amount spent on them is a total wastage.
They demanded that immediate steps be taken by the administration in renovating the bunkers and taking remedial measures so that the water does not enter them and people can take refuge in them during cross border firing or shelling.
One of the border residents, who is handicap, said that when the work of the bunkers had started, he had requested the concerned Junior Engineer (JE) of Public Works Department to construct it somewhere else but the JE did not relent and constructed it at the present site which has become a big problem for him and his family.
He said the people at that time can take refuge in the bunkers but without technical efficiency, maximum bunkers in the area are waterlogged. He said that there is knee deep water in these bunkers due to which there is a lot of anger among the border residents.
People of border areas have sought the intervention of the administration to look into the matter.
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