Nallah Batmaji in Keran tehsil Turned into garbage dump yard

Insensitive of locals and authorities create a health risk in the area

Srinagar: The Nallah Batmaji, in Keran Tehsil of Kupwara district, which irrigates almost 90 percent of the agricultural land of the area, has turned into a stinking drain, due to the garbage and wastage dumping by the local people.
The said Nallah, which once used to provide drinking water to the dozens of villages, situated along its course, draws its water from the source situated in the foothills of Shamasbari range, merges with Nallah Qazi Nag near Sarma Padi and then moving through the middle of Karna, is joined by several small streams, is not today not even fit for irrigation purpose, because of the level of pollution, it holds today.
Due to dumping of garbage, mainly polythene and other types degradable wastage has become a great health risk for thousands residing in the area.
The degraded water has now fallen to a level, where it is a cause of unbearable stink, which makes it unbearable to walk along its embankment.
When contacted regarding the issue Sub Divisional Magistrate (sdm) Karnah, Dr. Bilal Mohi U Din Bhat said that he has recently joined the post; however he is aware of the damage caused to the Nallah, due to the continuous and insensitive behavior of public, but the administration is committed to restore this Nallah to its original position.
He said, “From our side a proposal worth 5 crore rupees has been submitted to the government under ‘Swatch Bharat Abhiyan’ and once we get the approaval for the project, we will take the cleaning work of Nallah in hand.”
He further said, “Even in past also cleaning work of Nallah was taken in hand from time to time, but because of the callous behavior of the people, it has again and again returned to the pathetic condition, which it is in today.”“We request people to resist from dumping their wastage into the Nallah, which is not a dumping yard, but a source of water, that gives life to all the living, including a agricultural produce’, he added.SDM Dr. Bilal Mohi U Din Bhat expressed his strong hope about the assistance from local population in keeping the waters of Nallh Batmaji and its tributaries clean.

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