Residents from several areas of the summer capital Srinagar on Thursday accused the authorities of failing to install street lighting system in their localities.
A group of residents from Barbarshah and adjoining areassaid absence of the street lighting was causing inconvenience to people to moveout during night hours.
Members of the business community from these areas alsoexpressed their resentment against the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) forfailing to install lighting system.
From SP College Road to Barbarshah Bridge, the residentssaid not a single street lighting system has been installed by the authoritiesconcerned.
They said the street lighting system was either neverinstalled or had gone defunct, from BSNL office Road towards Barbarshah.
“These are the two main roads where street lighting is notavailable,” said a resident, Manzoor Ahmed.
He said the authorities were only bothered to keep lightingsystem functional on the main roads like MA Road and Residency Road wherecavalcades of government officials ply.
“Our areas have been ignored over the years and despiterepeated pleas to the authorities concerned nobody has visited these areas toget the lights installed or repaired,” he said.
The business community of the area said that despite itbeing a hub of business, the authorities have been turning a blind eye towardselectrifying the roads.
“Apart from being a residential area, scores of tourists areputting up in the hotels in the entire area. They (the tourists) to faceinconvenience due to unavailability of street lighting during night hours,”said one of the shopkeepers.
The residents said during night hours there have beenseveral mishaps in the area which has become a growing concern.
They said the residents particularly children also fear toventure out during evening hours.
Media in-charge Srinagar Municipal Corporation, MasaratYusuf said they will look into the issue and try to resolve it at the earliest.