{"id":1063,"date":"2025-10-11T20:07:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2025-10-11T20:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:07:47","slug":"kno-impact-authorities-clear-garbage-from-sopore-kupwara-hw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/kno-impact-authorities-clear-garbage-from-sopore-kupwara-hw\/","title":{"rendered":"===KNO Impact===== Authorities clear garbage from Sopore\u2013Kupwara HW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Waris Fayaz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sopore, Oct 11:\u00a0<\/strong>Authorities on Saturday swung into action and cleared the accumulated waste along the Sopore\u2013Kupwara highway at Shangergund Model Town, pressing men and machinery into service from early morning hours.<\/p>\n<p>The action comes a day after KNO highlighted the garbage menace along the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that over 10 dumpers of waste were lifted from the site after a prompt sanitation drive was launched by the Municipal Council Sopore, even though the stretch lies beyond its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t afford to let the highway remain in such a condition. Despite being outside MC limits, we took responsibility and cleared the waste to restore cleanliness,\u201d a senior administrative official said.<\/p>\n<p>The official further said that strict action will now follow against those involved in illegal dumping of waste along the highway. \u201cWe will take up the installation of CCTV cameras at key locations to identify and penalize habitual dumpers. Action will be taken under rules and we will ensure no one turns the stretch into a dump again,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<p>A senior administrative official also confirmed that the stay on the proposed dumping site has been disposed of, and the matter has already been taken up with the Divisional Commissioner\u2019s office for final approval. \u201cThe process of establishing a permanent waste disposal site for Sopore is underway. Once finalized, it will provide a lasting solution to the town\u2019s long-pending sanitation problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Locals, meanwhile, welcomed the cleanup effort following media coverage, but urged the authorities to focus on sustainable waste management. \u201cCleaning after media reports helps temporarily. What Sopore needs is a proper waste site and accountability against those who dump garbage irresponsibly,\u201d said a local resident<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waris Fayaz Sopore, Oct 11:\u00a0Authorities on Saturday swung into action and cleared the accumulated waste along the Sopore\u2013Kupwara highway at Shangergund Model Town, pressing men and machinery into service from early morning hours. The action comes a day after KNO highlighted the garbage menace along the stretch. Officials said that over 10 dumpers of waste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}