Garbage Piles and Public Outcry: The Sanitation Crisis in PoJK

In Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), an escalating sanitation crisis has left residents infuriated as garbage remains uncollected, roads blocked, and stench unbearable. Locals accuse Pakistani-backed authorities of neglect, with livelihoods and daily lives severely impacted and demands for action from authorities growing louder amid public uproar.

Residents of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) are voicing their outrage over a mounting sanitation crisis that has left streets clogged with garbage. The inefficiency of the Pakistani-backed local administration is being blamed for the worsening conditions, as basic cleanliness and public welfare appear to be neglected.

Irshad and Roshan Khan, local residents, express their frustrations on video, where they outline how uncollected waste has accumulated over several days. The pervasive stench and blocked roads have disrupted daily commuting, with Irshad pointing to the waste as a cause for widespread inconvenience.

Adding to the criticism, Roshan Khan accuses the administration of negligence and incompetence, describing an environment made intolerable by the smell of decomposing food. The lack of response from municipal teams is highlighted as a sign of administrative decay in PoJK, as residents' pleas for intervention continue to go unheard.

(With inputs from agencies.)