Srinagar, June 13 -- According to residents, their only approach road remains blocked, leaving families, children, and the elderly in distress.

"This is not just a civic failure-it is a violation of our basic rights," saidProf. Mohammad Aslam, former Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU and a resident of the locality.

"We feel imprisoned in our own homes. If a medical emergency arises, there is simply no way out. Urban development should not mean turning homes into cages."

The ordeal, which began over five weeks ago, has transformed the quiet residential colony into what locals call a construction wasteland. The digging for sewer lines has left the road impassable, and no alternate access has been provided.

But residents say the "temporary cleara...