{"id":200024,"date":"2026-05-08T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=200024"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:33:13","slug":"protest-held-at-tarli-bridge-in-handwara-over-garbage-dumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/05\/08\/protest-held-at-tarli-bridge-in-handwara-over-garbage-dumping.html","title":{"rendered":"Protest held at Tarli Bridge in Handwara over garbage dumping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200025\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/pro-hand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/pro-hand.jpg 880w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/pro-hand-390x217.jpg 390w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/pro-hand-780x434.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/pro-hand-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar: The residents of Waskhura and adjacent villages in Kupwara district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have staged a strong protest near Tarli Bridge in Handwara against the Municipal Committee, for indiscriminate dumping of garbage in the area.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest led to a temporary blockade of the road, disrupting traffic for a considerable time.<\/p>\n<p>Locals said the continuous dumping of waste near the bridge has created serious health and environmental hazards. \u201cSeveral domestic animals have died after consuming garbage dumped here. Today again, a cow died after eating waste, which is extremely distressing,&#8221; said a protester Mohammad Rustam Dar of Waskhura.<\/p>\n<p>The residents said they have repeatedly informed the Municipal Committee not to dump garbage at this site, but their pleas have fallen on deaf ears. &#8220;This is affecting our daily lives, especially school children and pedestrians who pass through this route,&#8221; said another protester.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters warned that they would intensify their agitation if immediate steps are not taken to shift the dumping site. &#8220;We will not allow this practice to continue. Authorities must act before the situation worsens,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: The residents of Waskhura and adjacent villages in Kupwara district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have staged a strong protest near Tarli Bridge in Handwara against the Municipal Committee, for indiscriminate dumping of garbage in the area. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest led to a temporary blockade of the road, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":200025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/pro-hand.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200026,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200024\/revisions\/200026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}