Jammu-Srinagar freeway reopens after 38-hour closure as a result of landslide
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BANIHAL/JAMMU: The one-way visitors resumed on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway on Wednesday after remaining suspended for about 38-hours following a landslide in Ramban district, officers stated.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Traffic (nationwide freeway), Banihal, Asghar Malik stated the street clearance operation on the landslide-hit Sher Bibi close to Banihal was nonetheless occurring.
Hundreds of automobiles have been left stranded on the freeway after a large landslide blocked the arterial street at Sher Bibi round 2 am Tuesday.
The street clearance operation was hampered by steady capturing of stones from the hillock all through the day.
“Despite intermittent shooting of stones, the road clearance agencies worked hard since this morning to ensure that the road is opened for one-way traffic which was allowed at around 4 pm (Wednesday),” Malik stated.
No contemporary visitors was allowed both from Srinagar or Jammu for the second day within the morning as authorities targeted on street clearance operation and to clear the stranded automobiles on precedence, a visitors division official stated.
He stated some extra time is required to make the street two-way on the landslide hit stretch.
Meanwhile, J-Okay Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta requested for a risk of taking a visitors vacation for a day each week on the freeway until March 15 in order that it’s higher utilised for making some essential repairs and finishing a number of important works for making journey on the street a pleasing expertise for the commuters.
Reviewing the visitors state of affairs on the freeway at a gathering with visitors authorities right here, Mehta made it amply clear that in no case ought to journey time between the 2 capital cities exceed past seven hours on any day for gentle motor automobiles.
The chief secretary enjoined upon the visitors authorities to reinforce their personnel on all of the broken parts of the street for higher visitors administration.
He impressed upon them to point out zero tolerance in the direction of street facet parking hindering visitors circulate, directing for having stringent laws in place to cope with all of the violators.
Taking inventory of the continuing development works, Mehta referred to as for all out efforts to open the T5 tunnel on Panthiyal stretch of the freeway by March 15, Jaiswal Bridge by March 31 and double-lane of Ramban Flyover and Banihal Bye-pass by April 15.
BANIHAL/JAMMU: The one-way visitors resumed on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway on Wednesday after remaining suspended for about 38-hours following a landslide in Ramban district, officers stated.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Traffic (nationwide freeway), Banihal, Asghar Malik stated the street clearance operation on the landslide-hit Sher Bibi close to Banihal was nonetheless occurring.
Hundreds of automobiles have been left stranded on the freeway after a large landslide blocked the arterial street at Sher Bibi round 2 am Tuesday.
The street clearance operation was hampered by steady capturing of stones from the hillock all through the day.
“Despite intermittent shooting of stones, the road clearance agencies worked hard since this morning to ensure that the road is opened for one-way traffic which was allowed at around 4 pm (Wednesday),” Malik stated.
No contemporary visitors was allowed both from Srinagar or Jammu for the second day within the morning as authorities targeted on street clearance operation and to clear the stranded automobiles on precedence, a visitors division official stated.
He stated some extra time is required to make the street two-way on the landslide hit stretch.
Meanwhile, J-Okay Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta requested for a risk of taking a visitors vacation for a day each week on the freeway until March 15 in order that it’s higher utilised for making some essential repairs and finishing a number of important works for making journey on the street a pleasing expertise for the commuters.
Reviewing the visitors state of affairs on the freeway at a gathering with visitors authorities right here, Mehta made it amply clear that in no case ought to journey time between the 2 capital cities exceed past seven hours on any day for gentle motor automobiles.
The chief secretary enjoined upon the visitors authorities to reinforce their personnel on all of the broken parts of the street for higher visitors administration.
He impressed upon them to point out zero tolerance in the direction of street facet parking hindering visitors circulate, directing for having stringent laws in place to cope with all of the violators.
Taking inventory of the continuing development works, Mehta referred to as for all out efforts to open the T5 tunnel on Panthiyal stretch of the freeway by March 15, Jaiswal Bridge by March 31 and double-lane of Ramban Flyover and Banihal Bye-pass by April 15.
