People stage protest demand fencing for the canal and dam

 

Reyaz Rashid

Uri: A motorcyclist from Panipat Haryana was drowned to death after his motorcycle skidded off the road and fell into a water reservoir of LJHP Dam at Chalan Boniyar in Uri area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday.

Witness said that a biker drowned after his motorcycle bearing number (HR26DU 1782) skidded of the road and fell into water reservoir (dam) of LJHP at Chalan Boniyar. Even as the locals tried their level best but the biker could not be rescued.

Later, the body of the bike rider identified as Kashif Khan son of Dilshad Khan of Panipat Haryana was retrieved from the dam by a team of SDRF and police.

SDPO Uri, Junaid Wali confirmed that body of the biker has been retrieved after LJHP authorities stopped water follow into the dam.

Meanwhile, people staged protest against LJHP demanding fencing of the dam as every year people get drowned into the dam.

“ In 2015 they promised to provide fence of the dam and canal so that people and animals won’t get drowned. If fencing is not provided to the dam, we will stop the functioning for powerhouse by jumping into along with families,” the protestors said.

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