Like our Facebook Page

news details

Residents of Banihal protest against PHE 6/20/2015 11:34:50 PM Early Times Report BANIHAL, June 20 : Hundreds of villagers of village Tethar in Banihal today staged a protest demonstration against PHE Department on Jammu Srinagar highway and blocked the vehicular movement of the traffic on highway for more than two hours. The villagers including women are protesting against the PHE department for not providing them proper drinking water facility in the area. However after the intervention of and assurance of District adminstration Ramban the villagers lifted their protest (dharna) after two hours . Reports Said that on Saturday morning the villagers of Tethar Banihal which is situated on Jammu Srinagar highway took to streets and staged a protest dharna on Jammu Srinagar highway some 8 kilometers from Banihal town.The villagers alleged that during the holy month of Ramzan no drinking water is available in their supply water pipe lines due to unknown reasons from past some months .They shouted slogans against the PHE department and their officers. Protesters Said the a construction company Nauyuga which is engaged in construction of fore lane tunnel in the area are providing them water through water tanker but it does not full their need and they demanded the permanent solution for drinking water in the area. Soon after the protest SDPO Banihal Mohammad Rafiq, Naib tehsildar and some other officers of public health engineering department rushed to the spot and try to motivate the protesters. When protesters not motivated by them then DDC Ramban Farooq Shah Bukhari intervened in to the matter and telephonically he assured the protesters for providing and maintain the proper drinking water facility within two days. After the assurance of DDC the protesters lift the protest and police resumed the traffic after two hours, which take police and traffic police to hours to clear the traffic jam. In this connection when contacted the concerned AEE of the department Nazir Ahmed said that due to the decrease in the ground water level in the area the maximum sources of water are dried. He said that they will provide the water to village with the company tanker and they have only one tanker in the department at Banihal .   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

top stories of the day

Mantri's brother, 2 others do nothing, get salaries on time Sethi, Khan not allowed to speak during ACC-Dy CM meet Geelani's condemnation, Mirwaiz's silence raises brows Omar showered bounties on 3 private schools in Kashmir, Ladakh: CAG Doctors having MHA degrees from unrecognized institutes manning plum posts BJP hails eviction drive, skips Bali Bhagat's name Despite written assurance on AIIMS, BJP continues to remain at receiving end Land owners hamper work on JU South Campus No free uniform for School children in Doda If PDP leadership accepts Karra's suggestion it may result in political deluge in J&K If Rs 44,000 cr was 'unrealistic', what figure is realistic then? Is ex-deputy CM's PRO Kewal Krishan still above law? Drama butchered on altar of 'Shady Deals' Terrified Sopore residents fail to discharge religious obligations during Ramadan New allocation system ensures decentralization, assigns greater role to Distts : Mufti ARTO launches austerity measures to check traffic violation in Reasi DSE PIO ducks RTI queries, asks to go for appeal GoI resorts to jugglery of figures while announcing package for flood affected people Army foils infiltration bid, Killed three suspected ultras in Machil Sector of Kupwara district Minor girl raped by uncle, cousin Blast inside police cab kills foreign prisoner

STOCK UPDATE

BSE Sensex NSE Nifty

CRICKET UPDATE