Locals demand establishment of fire service station in Tehsil
SNS KASHMIR
Sajid Raina
Bandipora, January 05 :
A residential house was gutted in a fire incident in Kehnoosa village of Aloosa Tehsil in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday, officials said.
Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a fire broke out in the residential house of Mohammad Ramzan Mir at Kehnusa village following which locals reached the spot and rescued the family members.
They said that the fire fighters reached the spot and doused the flames; however, the house was gutted completely.
Meanwhile, the locals have accused the government of failing to fulfill their demand of establishing a Fire and Emergency Service station in their area.
The locals said that the whole Aloosa Tehsil is dependent on Bandipora fire service station, which is far away from here. “By the time the fire fighters reach the spot, the property worth lakhs gets damaged,” they added.
They requested the Lieutenant Governor led administration and district administration Bandipora to establish a fire station at Aloosa Tehsil so that people here will suffer less in case of fire—(KNO)