Kishtwar, July 04 : Hundreds of students today gathered near Dedpath on Chatroo –
Kishtwar road and disrupted the traffic movement to protest lack of adequate transport facility to the area.
The protesting students blocked the road and raised slogans against the administration for its failure to make available adequate public transport to Chatroo area.
“The area, inhabiting about fifty thousand population has only one SRTC Bus and a few private passenger Vehicles on the name public transport” said a local resident adding that the commuters, particularly students are facing great hardship in the absence of passenger buses to reach their place of works and schools.
The situation has further aggravated, after government has put a strict check on passenger vehicles to avoid mishaps due to overloading, but failed to provide the additional vehicles to cater to the needs of the commuters traveling on the route, he added. “Since having only Higher Secondary school at Chatroo , students from far off areas are forced to walk dozens of miles on foot to attend the school’, a teacher told News Agency of Kashmir. He said they are even forced to stay back at home in the event of inclement weather taking a heavy toll of their studies.
Kishtwar road and disrupted the traffic movement to protest lack of adequate transport facility to the area.
The protesting students blocked the road and raised slogans against the administration for its failure to make available adequate public transport to Chatroo area.
“The area, inhabiting about fifty thousand population has only one SRTC Bus and a few private passenger Vehicles on the name public transport” said a local resident adding that the commuters, particularly students are facing great hardship in the absence of passenger buses to reach their place of works and schools.
The situation has further aggravated, after government has put a strict check on passenger vehicles to avoid mishaps due to overloading, but failed to provide the additional vehicles to cater to the needs of the commuters traveling on the route, he added. “Since having only Higher Secondary school at Chatroo , students from far off areas are forced to walk dozens of miles on foot to attend the school’, a teacher told News Agency of Kashmir. He said they are even forced to stay back at home in the event of inclement weather taking a heavy toll of their studies.
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