Tag: Jammu-Srinagar national highway

  • Jammu-Srinagar freeway reopens after 38-hour closure because of landslide

    Through PTI

    BANIHAL/JAMMU: The only-way site visitors resumed at the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway on Wednesday after final suspended for roughly 38-hours following a landslide in Ramban district, officers stated.

    Deputy Superintendent of Police, Visitors (nationwide freeway), Banihal, Asghar Malik stated the street clearance operation on the landslide-hit Sher Bibi close to Banihal was once nonetheless occurring.

    Loads of cars had been left stranded at the freeway after an enormous landslide blocked the arterial highway at Sher Bibi round 2 am Tuesday.

    The street clearance operation was once hampered through steady taking pictures of stones from the hillock all over the day.

    “Regardless of intermittent taking pictures of stones, the street clearance companies labored arduous since this morning to make certain that the street is opened for one-way site visitors which was once allowed at round 4 pm (Wednesday),” Malik stated.

    No recent site visitors was once allowed both from Srinagar or Jammu for the second one day within the morning as government serious about highway clearance operation and to transparent the stranded cars on precedence, a site visitors division respectable stated.

    He stated some extra time is had to make the street two-way on the landslide hit stretch.

    In the meantime, J-Ok Leader Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta requested for an opportunity of taking a “site visitors vacation” for an afternoon each and every week at the freeway until March 15 in order that it’s higher utilised for making some the most important maintenance and finishing a couple of crucial works for making trip at the highway a nice enjoy for the commuters.

    Reviewing the site visitors state of affairs at the freeway at a gathering with site visitors government right here, Mehta made it amply transparent that during no case must trip time between the 2 capital towns exceed past seven hours on any day for mild motor cars.

    The executive secretary enjoined upon the site visitors government to fortify their body of workers on all of the broken parts of the street for higher site visitors control.

    He inspired upon them to turn 0 tolerance in opposition to highway aspect parking hindering site visitors drift, directing for having stringent rules in position to take care of all of the violators.

    Taking inventory of the continued development works, Mehta referred to as for all out efforts to open the T5 tunnel on Panthiyal stretch of the freeway through March 15, Jaiswal Bridge through March 31 and double-lane of Ramban Flyover and Banihal Bye-pass through April 15.

    BANIHAL/JAMMU: The only-way site visitors resumed at the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway on Wednesday after final suspended for roughly 38-hours following a landslide in Ramban district, officers stated.

    Deputy Superintendent of Police, Visitors (nationwide freeway), Banihal, Asghar Malik stated the street clearance operation on the landslide-hit Sher Bibi close to Banihal was once nonetheless occurring.

    Loads of cars had been left stranded at the freeway after an enormous landslide blocked the arterial highway at Sher Bibi round 2 am Tuesday.

    The street clearance operation was once hampered through steady taking pictures of stones from the hillock all over the day.

    “Regardless of intermittent taking pictures of stones, the street clearance companies labored arduous since this morning to make certain that the street is opened for one-way site visitors which was once allowed at round 4 pm (Wednesday),” Malik stated.

    No recent site visitors was once allowed both from Srinagar or Jammu for the second one day within the morning as government serious about highway clearance operation and to transparent the stranded cars on precedence, a site visitors division respectable stated.

    He stated some extra time is had to make the street two-way on the landslide hit stretch.

    In the meantime, J-Ok Leader Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta requested for an opportunity of taking a “site visitors vacation” for an afternoon each and every week at the freeway until March 15 in order that it’s higher utilised for making some the most important maintenance and finishing a couple of crucial works for making trip at the highway a nice enjoy for the commuters.

    Reviewing the site visitors state of affairs at the freeway at a gathering with site visitors government right here, Mehta made it amply transparent that during no case must trip time between the 2 capital towns exceed past seven hours on any day for mild motor cars.

    The executive secretary enjoined upon the site visitors government to fortify their body of workers on all of the broken parts of the street for higher site visitors control.

    He inspired upon them to turn 0 tolerance in opposition to highway aspect parking hindering site visitors drift, directing for having stringent rules in position to take care of all of the violators.

    Taking inventory of the continued development works, Mehta referred to as for all out efforts to open the T5 tunnel on Panthiyal stretch of the freeway through March 15, Jaiswal Bridge through March 31 and double-lane of Ramban Flyover and Banihal Bye-pass through April 15.

  • 4 of a circle of relatives killed as automobile plunges into gorge in J-Ok’s Udhampur

    By way of PTI

    JAMMU: A prayer chief of a mosque and 3 individuals of his circle of relatives have been killed when their automotive skidded off the street and plunged right into a deep gorge alongside the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway on Monday, officers mentioned.

    The coincidence happened close to Prem Mandir within the Chenani house of Udhampur district round 8.30 am when the circle of relatives used to be on its option to Jammu from their Gool-Sangaldan village in Ramban district, the officers mentioned.

    Their automotive skidded off the street and plunged right into a 700-feet gorge alongside the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway on Monday, they mentioned.

    Imam (prayer chief) of Jamia Masjid Sangaldan, Mufti Abdul Hamid (32) and his father Mufti Jamal Din (65) have been killed at the spot, whilst his mom Hajra Begum (60) and nephew Adil Gulzar (16) have been rescued, and brought to a health facility in Udhampur district.

    On the other hand, each the injured succumbed to their accidents, the officers mentioned, including the our bodies of all 4 deceased have been shifted to the health facility’s mortuary room for autopsy.

    JAMMU: A prayer chief of a mosque and 3 individuals of his circle of relatives have been killed when their automotive skidded off the street and plunged right into a deep gorge alongside the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway on Monday, officers mentioned.

    The coincidence happened close to Prem Mandir within the Chenani house of Udhampur district round 8.30 am when the circle of relatives used to be on its option to Jammu from their Gool-Sangaldan village in Ramban district, the officers mentioned.

    Their automotive skidded off the street and plunged right into a 700-feet gorge alongside the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway on Monday, they mentioned.

    Imam (prayer chief) of Jamia Masjid Sangaldan, Mufti Abdul Hamid (32) and his father Mufti Jamal Din (65) have been killed at the spot, whilst his mom Hajra Begum (60) and nephew Adil Gulzar (16) have been rescued, and brought to a health facility in Udhampur district.

    On the other hand, each the injured succumbed to their accidents, the officers mentioned, including the our bodies of all 4 deceased have been shifted to the health facility’s mortuary room for autopsy.

  • Police grasp 21 kg of heroin from truck on Jammu-Srinagar freeway, motive force detained 

    By way of PTI

    JAMMU: Police detained a truck motive force on Sunday after heroin weighing greater than 21 kg used to be seized from his car at the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur.

    “All through the checking of cars at 0 Level at the freeway at Chenani, a truck coming from Kashmir and pushed through Kulwinder Singh of Punjab’s Nawanshahr used to be intercepted,” Further Director Basic of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh mentioned.

    On a seek of the car, 18 packets of heroin, weighing round 21.5 kg, had been seized, he added.

    The seized contraband is price crores of rupees within the world marketplace, the officer mentioned. The truck motive force has been detained and is being puzzled, he added.

    JAMMU: Police detained a truck motive force on Sunday after heroin weighing greater than 21 kg used to be seized from his car at the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur.

    “All through the checking of cars at 0 Level at the freeway at Chenani, a truck coming from Kashmir and pushed through Kulwinder Singh of Punjab’s Nawanshahr used to be intercepted,” Further Director Basic of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh mentioned.

    On a seek of the car, 18 packets of heroin, weighing round 21.5 kg, had been seized, he added.

    The seized contraband is price crores of rupees within the world marketplace, the officer mentioned. The truck motive force has been detained and is being puzzled, he added.