Planning To Go to Kashmir By way of Street? Jammu-Srinagar NH Shut After Landslides, Test Out The Different Route | Mobility Information

Rajouri/Jammu: Because the landslide-hit Jammu-Srinagar Nationwide Freeway remained shut for a second consecutive day on Monday, the reopening of the Mughal Street connecting the dual border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu to south Kashmir’s Shopian district introduced large aid to the stranded individuals.

The authorities had initially determined to limit visitors on the lately opened Mughal Street to 1 approach — Kashmir to Jammu. Nevertheless, the all-weather nationwide freeway’s closure prompted the diversion of visitors and the deployment of further police personnel to make sure clean motion on either side, officers stated.

A whole bunch of autos had been left stranded on the strategic 250-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar Nationwide Freeway — the one all-weather highway linking Kashmir with the remainder of the nation — after Sunday’s heavy rainfall and cloudbursts triggered flash floods, landslides and mudslides in Ramban district.

The historic Mughal Street, which often stays closed in the course of the winters as a consequence of heavy snowfall, particularly in Peer Ki Gali, was reopened after three months for one-way visitors on April 15.

Nevertheless, inclement climate, together with recent snowfall, pressured its closure on April 18. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) mobilised its males and equipment and managed to make it traffic-worthy once more.

The Centre has already introduced a tunnel on the highway to make sure year-round connectivity between the 2 areas on both facet of the Pir Panjal that varieties a part of the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat following a 2022 delimitation train.

The officers stated large visitors congestion was witnessed within the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch as a consequence of a sudden enhance within the variety of autos transferring to and from the Kashmir valley.

Nearly all of the roads of Rajouri and Poonch linked to the Mughal Street are closely choked, with legislation enforcement companies going through a troublesome time regulating visitors, particularly in Thanamandi, Surankote and Chatta Pani to Peer Ki Gali, they stated.

The highway is single-way at a number of places between Chatta Pandi and Peer Ki Gali, inflicting visitors motion to be gradual, they added. “We’re planning to undertake a clearance operation tonight to widen the highway, which is snow-bound at varied places,” a BRO official stated.

Regardless of the Centre making an announcement to improve the highway and assemble a tunnel in 2023, political events have been demanding a timeline for completion of the undertaking on a conflict footing to offer an alternate all-weather highway to the valley.

“We’ve got repeatedly requested the federal government to assemble a tunnel on the Mughal Street and arrange every kind of facilities for travellers,” Apni Celebration spokesperson Raqeeq Khan stated.

Visitors has been diverted to the Mughal Street however the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch usually are not able to deal with such a heavy rush, he stated.

There’s additionally an absence of amenities similar to eating places, accommodations and public bogs alongside the highway, inflicting inconvenience for commuters, he added.