Pulwama, Mar 20 : The residents of Rohmoo area in Rajpora hamlet of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district here have demanded a fire service station in their locality.
The residents of the area told the news agency that there are around 20-25 villages around Rohmoo, having a population in thousands but the area is yet to get a basic facility of fire service station.
The residents said that the nearest fire station for them is at Pulwama, which is around 10 KM from the town and at the time of any fire incident, they have to wait for hours for the fire tenders to reach the spot.
“By the time the fire service vehicle reaches Rohmoo and its adjacent areas, property worth lakhs gets damaged as it takes around one hour for fire tenders to reach the spot,” Qayoom Khan, a local social activist said.
He said that the people of Rohmoo had approached successive governments for setting up a fire service station at Rohmoo, but to no avail.
Mudasir Ahmad, another local resident said that fire incidents are increasing and there is a dire need for a fire service station in the area that will cater to around one dozen adjacent villages.
He said locals have been continuously raising this issue at every platform but there is no positive response from the government as of now, adding that hundreds of villages are dependent on fire service station Pulwama and it is not possible for them to cater hundreds of villages at some time fire incidents can take place at multiple locations simultaneously.
The residents said that during recent years they had lost property worth crores due to the lack of a fire service station in their area, adding that even last year, some fire incidents have taken place in the area, which could have been controlled on time, had there been fire service stations.
They urged the higher ups to look into the matter and set up a fire service station in the Rohmoo area so that locals could heave a sigh of relief.
