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Shopian Locals Protest Against Water Scarcity in their Area

Mir Irfan

The locals from Pinjura area in south Kashmir’s Shopian district staged a protest against water scarcity on Tuesday.

Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that People took to roads and protested outside District Development office, Women with empty vessels blocked the roads demanding pure drinking water for their village.

“I am tired of carrying drinking water from long distances, we haven’t been supplied drinking water for a long time now. We can not continue like this”, said Saleema Bano, a resident of Pinjura.
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Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the group of protesters said, “this is not a recent problem. From the past 30 years we have been suffering. Politicians and other officers have just made empty promises, we continue to suffer”.

The concerned officers reached the spot and tried to reason with the protesters, and have been promised an immediate redressal.

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