SRINAGAR-JAMMU AND SRINAGAR-LEH: ALTERNATE ROADS REOPEN

With Jammu and Kashmir witnessing hot days of summer, traffic authorities on Thursday said that they have allowed the traffic on the two alternate roads between Srinagar and Jammu vis a vis Sinthan- Kishtwar road, and Shopain-Rajouri road aka Mughal road.

On Thursday, officials told The Daily Guardian that the traffic was also resumed on Srinagar-Leh highway as it was earlier closed for vehicular traffic because of landslides and fresh snowfall.

Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway was also resumed on Thursday as the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) closes the traffic on this road every Wednesday for maintenance purposes.

Alternate highways connecting Srinagar and Jammu remain closed for months because of the lack of tunnels that could facilitate navigation during the winter months also.

Recently, the central government has assured that they will start the work on a tunnel at Pir Ki Gali area of Rajouri district so that the Mughal road becomes a fair-weather road.

Giving details about the movement of the traffic, senior officers of the traffic department manning Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday said that Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) will ply from Jammu to Srinagar. Security forces convoys will also ply from Jammu to Srinagar.

Noor-ul- Qamrain

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