Pregnant lady ferried on shoulders as a consequence of unattended snow in Anantnag space

Suhail Dar

The residents of Kadlabal within the Seer space of Anantnag accused the involved authorities for negligence once they had been pressured to take a pregnant woman to the hospital in Seer city.

Locals instructed The Kashmiriyat {that a} pregnant lady needed to be ferried on the shoulders when the locals had been on the best way to their residence from Anantnag’s Maternity and Baby Care hospital in Sherbagh.

“Though the snow on most important roads and townships has been cleared, the areas inhibited largely by Gujjar-Bakerwal tribal teams are but to obtain official consideration,” the resident mentioned.

He mentioned that their space, barely 500 meters away from most important highway in Seer Hamdan, is but to be cleared of the snow forcing the locals to ferry the preganent lady on a cart over their shoulders.

Following the late winter average snowfall, folks throughout the valley have been complaining of energy cuts, disruption in transport connectivity.

Although the administration has achieved success in eradicating snow in most elements of the valley, the distant rural areas have been worst hit by the disaster within the aftermath of the snowfall.

This isn’t the primary incident of this type to have occurred in Kashmir.

On February 10, 2023, braving bone-chilling winter, the residents of Monabal space in Mawer Qalamabad in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district ferried a 78-year-old man Saya Bokira (78) fell sick after which he was ferried to the hospital by the locals for a distance of over a kilometer.

Equally in January 2022, locals within the Budnamal space of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district had been “pressured” to hold a pregnant lady on their shoulders to far after which on horse to the hospital in knee-deep snow on Saturday.

The historic marginalization and absence of enough illustration within the administrative physique, Gujjar and Bakerwal ethnic teams have all the time been on the receiving finish.