Jahangeer Ganaie
Pulwama, May 1: Seven months after the Naina-Awantipora via Dogripora road was macadamized it has again got damaged raising questions over the use of the material on the road.
Locals from Kawani, Dogripora and it’s adjacent areas on Wednesday alleged that macadam laid on the road after around a decade didn’t last even for six months.
They said that soon after the macadamisation the road rutted at multiple spots and grooves surfaced all over the road.
They said that the conditions of the road at maximum places are like it has never been macadmised ever.
“The road is again in a very dilapidated condition and is giving very tough time to the commuters as well the passersby,” Shahid Ahmad a local resident said.
He said a matter must be investigated and action must be taken against the erring officials.
Locals accused PMGSY of using substandard materials due to which the blacktopping suffered erosion in no time.
“They had macadamised the road only three inches deep instead of eight inches,”, Mushtaq Ahmad another resident, said.
He said that Naina-Awantipora is a vital road on which hundreds of vehicles ply each day.
The residents of the area appealed to higher ups of the PMGSY department to look into the matter and take erring officials to task.
Executive Engineer PMGSY Er Muzaffar Ahmad said that roads might have got damaged in winter at some places.
He said that the road will be repaired wherever it has got damaged next month.
