Residents and shopkeepers of Kupwara town are angry over the failure of authorities to maintain street lights, demanding these be made operational as the Ramadan month of fasting late night prayers begins.
The residents said street lights and tower lights installed in the town have been dysfunctional for months now making moving around the frontier town difficult after dark.
“Some lights installed along the road leading to Deputy Commissioner’s office are functional, rest of the lights in town are completely dysfunctional since months now,” said Irfan Ahmad, a resident.
“The month of Ramadan is starting in a day and people usually stay out till late for prayers, but here in Kupwara town the street lights are non-functional at every nook and corner forcing people stay indoors as darkness falls,” lamented Tawheed Ahmad, another resident.
