Talab Tillo tops list of dilapidated infra developed under incumbent Govt
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Residents of Ward No 31 falling in Talab Tillo area are confronting with relatively new problem under the very nose of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s administration as constructed roads are of poorest quality exposing duplicity of the Government which never gets tired of boasting about all round development. In this regard, the live example is of road leading to offices of Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry from Gole Pulli. The road stretch was macadamized in February last year but condition of road turned pathetic within a couple of months of its construction puncturing the balloon of the administration that infrastructure raised under its realms is robust and long lasting. The locals and commuters, who somehow travel through the roads in Talab Tillo area, are fed up of difficulties which they confront while maneuvering on poorly maintained roads to save their vehicles from Kingsize potholes and also their bodies from injuries, as anything can happen out there.
Sharing nightmarish experience, Sahil Kerni, a local resident said that condition of roads in vicinity is dismal since last over two-three years and none in the administration is bothering to do something to bail out people from this hardship as quite often people slip and receive injuries besides meeting with accidents on regular basis. He said it is astonishing that Directors of three significant Departments including Agriculture, Horticulture and Command Area Development travel on this stretch of road daily, but none of them showed any urgency to call up concerned agency to do something to at least do the needful patchwork if government in deep slumber, is in no mood to lay bitumen to provide standard road to people. He said that locals often wonder that what sin they have committed that they are being ruled by a deaf and dumb government which is so unconcerned that its own officers’ travel on this bumpy road but it has no urge to repair the same.
Prakash Chand, a shopkeeper of Talab Tillo, while expressing anguish over the disappointing situation of public infrastructure, said that it is the duty of concerned authorities to at least visit the places under their jurisdiction and act accordingly to give minimal basic infrastructure. He said that incumbent government is dexterous in rhetoric but when it comes to do work on ground, it is the most inefficient dispensation which J&K has seen since independence. He said that travelling through Talab Tillo roads during rainy days is like crossing a marshland.
While talking on issue, concerned Corporator Suchha Singh said that the macadamisation work of aforesaid road stretch was carried out under his supervision in February last year but as the road was constructed during winter season it could not sustain extremities of weather. The Corporator, however, assured that the fresh tenders for roads have been floated and concerned agencies are waiting for the formal nod but due to vagaries of weather and cold climatic condition, he is deliberately lingering on start of work as the macadamisation work accomplished in summers is long lasting. He said that as soon as weather will start behaving, he will issue directions to start the work on roads in area and people will get the much awaited sigh of relief.