Raitla residents protest poor road quality

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Rajouri, May 18 : People of Raitla village on Friday staged a demonstration against poor quality of material used in the construction of road from Mandir Gala to Tarkassi.

The locals assembled at Raitla village and blocked the road for over two hours. They were raising slogans against the PMGSY and claiming that the department has been compromising with the quality of material used in the blacktopping of the road.

According to them, the concerned engineers who have been asked to supervise the road work properly hardly visit the road to ensure whether proper quality material is used to blacktop the road.

Due to the protest of the locals, vehicular traffic on the road remained affected for over two hours.

Later, a police team from local police station reached the spot and pacified the protest by assuring them that their demands would bet taken up with the concerned ups.