Citizens protest against municipal authorities

GNS RAJOURI 29 : Residents of Ward No 7 and 8 Rajouri held a protest against Muncipal Committee and blocked the road near Abdullah Bridge.
The speakers in this protest said that the trucks of Municipal Committee Rajouri throw garbage of the entire city including the dead animals near the residential area causing foul smell and added that with this the life of residents of Ward No 7 and 8 has become has become so inconvenience that the morning and evening walkers have stopped adopting this route.
Shafqat Wani, Ishtiaq Bhatta, Imtiaz Bhatta, Ashar Khan and Javed Khan said that they approached the municipal authorities number of times to stop throwing garbage but they turned a deaf ear to it. Left with no alternative they were forced to organise a sit-in and block the road.
Since a lengthy jam was created on the main road up to Rajouri Bus Stand, the senior officers of Municipal Committee including Mohammad Shakoor and Mohammad Farooq reached the spot and pacified the protesters.
They assured the protesters that no garbage will be thrown in this area in future.
On the assurance of Municipal Committee officers the protesters lifted Dharna and the road was opened after three hours.

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