Residents protest against PWD, JMC | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: Annoyed over the dilapidated condition of the main road of Mandlik Nagar, Toph Jammu, residents of the area staged a protest against PWD and JMC on Sunday by Mandlik Nagar welfare committee alongwith Leaders of Dogra Youth. The protest was headed by Rattan Lal (president MWC) and Arun Mehra (Gen. Secy. MWC) & Bhanu Partap Singh Goria (activist Dogra Youth). Partap Singh Jamwal (Poltical Activist) were also supported the protest. Addressing the media, Partap Singh Jamwal said the road is full of potholes but the administration has only made tall claims in the past and nothing has been done at ground level to improve the condition. Accidents take place due to deep potholes and it becomes difficult even to step out of our houses during rainfall, due to water accumulation. Arun Mehra said that we are demanding black topping on the road. He alleged that no action was taken by the PWD and JMC to repair the said road. He added that the bad condition of the road is also a major cause of accidents but there has been no action by the concerned department as well as the administration, which were repeatedly apprised of the situation. Rattan Lal threatened to the administration we are launch a vigorous agitation if our demand is not address. Other present in this protest include P C Sharma, Rasha, B L Raina, Rampal Sharma, Sandokh, Madan Lal, Mohan Lal Sharma, Rampal, S S Chib, Ashok, Balwan, J.R Sharma, Shiv Lal, Ashwani, Balwant Sharma, Ramesh Chander, Ramesh Chander, Vickey Khajuria, Jagdish Raj, Baj Singh, Bachan Lal, Raju, Ankush, Vijay, Sanjeev, Bodh Raj, Rajinder Singh, Vijay Kumar, Ramesh Singh, Shatru Singh, Sanjeev Sood etc. |
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