Militants strike at Wular project

On August 27,Kashmiri-speaking militants appeared at the project site at Navtour in Adipora in the outskirts of Sopore around 10.30 pm. Sources said they used the excavators at the site to damage the retention walls of the under-construction sluice gate. They also beat the workers and asked them to stop work.

Work on the project has been stopped and workers have left the site. Fearing more attacks,the contractors have taken away the machinery. Though security has been beefed up,work has not resumed yet. We have assured the workers of full security, said Sopore SP Imtiyaz Hussain.