The locals of Dadsara and its adjacent villages of Tral sub division of south Kashmir’s Pulwama have expressed resentment against authorities for failing to clear the water canals which have turned into garbage sites after the irrigation department has stopped the water flow to them.
Locals have complained that Irrigation Department has stopped water flow to these canals and diverted it to other water bodies at Batagund village of Tral, due to which these canals are dry and locals are throwing all garbage and other dirt in these canals.
“We have been facing a lot of problems with no intervention from authorities concerned. It is right time for authorities to clear the garbage from these canals, besides allowing water back to these canals,” locals said.
They said that, at least these people should be stopped at the earliest before it will affect the whole village.
“Heaps of garbage are lying in these canals due to which there always remains a threat of communicable diseases can spread in the area,” they said.
“Season in which whole area needs water for paddy cultivation is about to start but authorities if conditions of these canals remain same, whole land will become barren in absence of water,” said a local.
Banks of these canals have been encroached at many places, he said, while demanding strict action against encroachers.
Locals demanded that rather than diverting the source water, authorities must clean these canals, so that locals won’t face any problem in coming season.
We brought this issue in notice of irrigation departments and other concerned authorities but they haven’t taken the matter seriously.
Locals demanded intervention of Deputy Commissioner Pulwama in this regard.
