Increasing road accidents in Chenab Valley, who is responsible ?

By Raja Shafqat Sheikh
Increasing of traffic accidents in chenab valley had untimely killed many precious lives resulting someone to became widow , orphan and had broke the stick of old parents .  From several years I ( Shafqat Sheikh) came to see that untimely death of precious lives had broke the ray of hope of old parents . Despite taking the necessary steps in stopage of traffic accidents traffic police is playing game with precious lives by collecting corruption ( Hafta ) from transporters and drivers .
Some corrupt officers in chenab valley had put black spot on traffic police department who recives newspapers from drivers as corruption .
Meanwhile like corruption in traffic police , condolence messages of politicians , civil societies and NGO’s in chenab valley had became a habit of politicians and others .
Unfortunately todays incident over Batote Kishtwar Highway in which labourers  person were killed and other four were injured in which a infant child died before reaching to hospital .
Being a Correspondent of a Newspaper I receive so many calls from various politicians to circulate a condolence message and express sympathy with bereaved families .
Surprisingly today landslide incident shocked me many more when I came to know that the injured were passing the road . One thing hurts me so that soon after the incident ,I see the condolences messages circulated by various political leaders on this tragic incident and were demanding exgratia relief and free medical treatment . But the shocking thing was that “One of my updated a post on social media and asked from politicians and legislatures that from last week everyone was crediting Chennani Nashri Tunnel for Congress , PDP , BJP and other parties . My friend asked them To Whom todays credit goes and Who is responsible for todays incident” ?
Beside  taking necessary steps in maintaining better road connectivity and deploying of new model buses in chenab valley , Whenever accidents happened , politicians calls editors of leading newspapers to publish my condolence message and express my sympathy with beveared family and pray rest in peace to departed soul and demanding exgratia relief from Chief Minister / Prime Minister relief funds to deceased family and free medical facilities to injured person .
Beside this , My opinion says that all legislatures , politicians are playing game with chenab valley residents . As during election rallies they made big big promises with voters but reality differs to its friction after election results without fulfilling the demands of poor masses .
From last several years thousands of precious lives were killed in road accidents due to slideprone areas , violation of traffic rules , overloading , rash driving , running of ill fated vicheles but unfortunately state government failed in meeting the cause of accidents and taking war footed steps to ensure better road connectivity in whole chenab valley and rest other regions of state .
(The author is State Secretary All India Reporter’s Association Jammu and Kashmir / Member of JK Against Corruption and can reached at
email:-shafqatsheikh00786@gmail.com, phone numbers: 09419974577, 09018920786 )

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