Pulwama, Mar 09, : The residents of South Kashmir’s Karimabad in Pulwama district on Thursday alleged that the illegal mineral extraction goes unabated in Nallah Romshi in different places of the district while the authorities are acting as mute spectator.Inhabitants of the district accused authorities of inaction against the ‘vested interest elements’ who according to them resort to illegal extraction of Bajri and Boulders from the area.Locals said that some people are extracting bajri, boulders illegally from nallah thereby resulting in the receding of water level besides weakening the embankments.They said that illegal mining is posing a threat to their horticulture and agriculture land as the level of Nallah is going down with each passing day.“If the situation continues like this the water from the Nallah won’t enter into the farm or agricultural lands whenever the farmers will need it for irrigation purposes,” they said, as per news agency CNS.“The illegal extraction from the nallah is posing a threat to the fish production as well,” they said.
