Aatif Qayoom

Handwara, Nov 16 (KNS): Frequent traffic jams at main town Handwara and encroaching of foot paths have left commoners in distress while concern department is watching the scene as ‘mute-spectator’.
Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said that the illegal parking on the road side in north Kashmir’s Handwara causes huge inconvenience to the people especially to school going children, patients and other commoners.
It said that MC Handwara have given free hand to shopkeepers to encroach the foot paths and are allegedly taking Rs 30 daily as fine from them since many years.
A local told KNS that we have seen many raids by MC Handwara so far but unable to understand why it failed to curb the mess completely.
He added the frequent traffic jams at main town Handwara is the main cause of huge inconvenience to the general public and the men-in-blue are unmoved.
Meanwhile locals of Handwara have appealed higher authorities to intervene into the matter at an earliest and ensure hassle-free traffic movement besides evicting encroachers. (KNS)