Mocking at the tall claims of the government about providing basic facilities to the people living in Jammu and Kashmir, the villagers in Shangus belt of Anantnag district are still lacking in basic amenities with people accusing the successive governments of indifference.
The residents of Rakhi Brah in Shangus Tehsil of Anantnag district have alleged that the area is still lacking basic facilities and authorities are watching their sufferings as mute spectators.
Locals told KNO the area lacks water supply, electricity, medical and education facilities from decades.
“We have no proper road connectivity, water supply, no electricity and no health facility. Even though there is a school it is without a proper roof,” they said.
“The transmission lines are of poor quality and are lying low, and often developing snag and affecting electric supply to the village,” they added.
Locals said lack of proper healthcare is the biggest problem of the village.
“We have to go to other adjoining villages even for basic treatment. We even don’t have a single dispensary in the village,” they said.
Irfan Choudhary, a local resident said they have to traverse through thick forests to reach the village either by foot on horses. He said that they had to walk several kilometers every day to fetch water.
“We are helpless people who were always used as a vote bank and once our so called politicians came to power they forget about us,” Choudhary said.
Locals appealed to the Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha and DC Anantnag Dr. Piyush Singla to personally look into the matter and help to resolve their grievances—(KNO)