Srinagar, Apr 19: Peoples Democratic Party has accused the National Conference-led government of failing to provide even the basic amenities of life to the Srinagarites adding that most of the developmental projects started during the PDP regime were yet to be completed in this summer Capital.
 The party, in a statement “expressed deep anguish at the dislocation caused in major portions of Srinagar as a result of government apathy and slow pace of execution in drainage and road projects.”
 In a joint statement PDP leaders Naeem Akhtar and Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari said: “A large population in Hazratbal, Zadibal, Soura, Buchpora, Lalbazar and  Eidgah  areas are facing acute problems of accessibility as most of the roads have been dug up in these areas years back to construct drains but never completed.”
 The party leaders said some of the drainage projects have been started six years back and are still nowhere near completion.
 “While amenities are lacking in the entire City the areas falling under Hazrathbal, Zadibal, Eidgah, Buchpora and parts of Ganderbal constituencies are facing the accessibility problem more acutely,” the handout said.
 The PDP leaders said: “Rains have converted the streets and by-lanes of these areas into mud tracks and it is impossible for vehicles to negotiate most of the hazards.”
 Even pedestrian movement is impossible at many places and people are facing life threatening hazards.
 The joint statement said “many people in the affected areas are planning of migrating to other places as there woes and miseries seem to be unending.”
 “Some the roads look as if they have been bombarded”, the statement pointed out.
 It said the most important Dr Ali Jan road is in a permanent state of disrepair even as crores have been spent on it during the past few years.
 “The road that leads to SKIMS and is supposed to be a life line for critical patients has been a particular victim of government inefficiency, corruption and inaction,” it added.
 The leaders said many patients have reportedly lost their life as an impact of the bad road as they were being shifted in emergency conditions to the institute.

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