Udhampur ( Jammu and Kashmir ) [India], October 5 (ANI): Residents in Udhampur 's Bant village in Jammu and Kashmir are "facing difficulties" after a key bridge was washed away due to heavy rain . Visuals showed a group of locals carrying an auto rickshaw on their shoulders to cross a river as they have no "means of transportation"

Des Raj, a local, claimed that the bridge had been washed away after 10 years, making an additional appeal to the government for assistance.

"After almost 10 years, this bridge was washed away due to heavy rain s... We all approached every department... We even went to the DC and even appealed to the MLA, but no one has listened to us... I appeal to the government to ensure that the voice of the poor reaches the Centre. The children and people who a

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