Residents of Halwagan village in Sujmatna panchayat of Ramban’s Ramsoo area are living under constant fear as their houses have developed cracks and their landholdings are sinking due to the ongoing work for the four-laning of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
Villagers blamed the Hindustan Construction Company engaged by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), saying their safety would be at risk if the administration did not take immediate corrective measures.
The district administration, however, has taken the issue seriously and constituted a high-level fact-finding committee, comprising revenue officials, besides rushing senior officials to the village to ensure “round-the-clock” monitoring of the situation.
