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Sarita Jamwal
Udhampur, Mar 6- A local passenger waiting for bus was killed when he was hit by a shooting stone from hill near Kuntwara on Batote Kishtwar Highway.
According to police reports in a tragic incident which took place today, a villager identified as Bansi Lal son of Sant Ram resident of Kuntwara village died after being hit by a shooting stone near Kandani on Batote Kishtwar Highway. He added that victim was waiting for bus there when incident took place. He was shifted to District hospital Kishtwar where doctors declared him brought dead. Police has registered case in this regard and handed over dead body to family members after conducting post mortem.
Meanwhile, the local residents alleged that today’s incident happened due to shortage of vehicles on highway from Batote to Kishtwar as victim was waiting for bus. Talking to media Mustaq Ahmed Dev a social worker said that people from Doda to Kishtwar are facing lot of problem due to shortage of passenger buses on the route after a portion of the road was washed away near Assar last month back. He added that some times passengers remain waiting for the bus throughout day but did not get any lift. He said that government has assured that SRTC buses will be run on highway to overcome shortage of vehicle and overloading but nothing has done till time due to which people are facing lot of problems particularly in emergency cases when some one fall ill or road accidents took place .He said that people are planning to launch agitation if their problem was not mitigated.
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