Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir): Bijbehara's Poji Teng area in southern Anantnag has been associated with cricket bat making for decades. In this view, the state government has already declared this area as an industrial zone for 'bat manufacturing'. However, the locals complain they are devoid of the benefits that are associated with the industrial zone.
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The Poji Teng area comprises 300 households. However, there is not even a single medical centre or dispensary. This has been posing severe health issues, especially for the children, elderly and pregnant women. As a result, patients and carrying women being taken in tractors to far off places for medical emergencies is a common sight here.
Locals told ETV Bharat that they need to travel around eight kilometres to even buy over-the-counter pills for fever and headache. They said despite making several appeals to the administration, their pleas were never considered.
When ETV Bharat brought this issue to the notice of Anantnag's chief medical officer Mukhtar Ahmad Shah, he said the health department will inspect the area and set up a first aid centre.
