Bumpy road riles residents of Zafarwal, Shakargarh.

Byline: Abid Mahmood

NAROWAL -- Travel on the road linking Narowal with Zafarwal and Shakargarh tehsils has been a nightmare for motorist for the last several years with no repair seems to be in sight.

There are ditches on many parts of the road. As there is no sewerage in villages situated on both sides of Zafarwal-Shakargarh Road, water accumulates on the road.

There are one to two feet deep ditches and potholes due to mud on the road. Loaded trucks off and on overturn owing to the dilapidated condition of the road.

During the last one month, four loaded trucks overturned, causing injuries to drivers and helpers. Around two weeks back, a woman Sughra Bibi along with her two granddaughters Maria and Saaera, residents of Basra Jala village in the vicinity of Shakargarh, was coming from Bajarh Pul village on a rickshaw when the three-wheeler collided with a tractor-trolley. As a result both the girls died on the spot while five people, including women, were seriously injured.

A truck laden with crushed stones overturned all of a sudden the other day on...