Budgam, Jul 08 (KNO): Residents of Chill Brass village in Khansahib tehsil of central Kashmir’s Budgam district have urged the administration to improve road connectivity, saying nearly 2,700 people continue to suffer due to the dilapidated condition of the only road leading to the village.
Speaking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), locals said the damaged road causes immense inconvenience to commuters, students, patients and transporters, particularly during adverse weather.
“We have been demanding proper road connectivity for years, but nothing has changed. The condition of the road has made daily life extremely difficult for the villagers,” said Sajad Bashir Lone, a resident of the village.
Another local, Farooq Ahmad Mir, said the poor condition of the road affects emergency services and transportation. “Patients, schoolchildren and elderly residents face the worst hardships. We appeal to the authorities to take immediate steps to upgrade the road,” he said.
The residents further urged the district administration and the Roads & Buildings Department to undertake macadamisation and repair works at the earliest to provide much-needed relief to the village’s population of around 2,700.
A concerned official of the R&B Department when contacted told KNO the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the road has already been submitted. “Once the DPR is approved, work on the road will be taken up. We have also included other roads in the DPR and the work will begin after the proposal is finalized,” he said—(KNO)