‘Mess on Highway, Mughal Road’

President J&K People’s Movement, Dr Shah Faesal, has asked Government of India to “immediately attend to the mess on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and the Mughal Road which is causing immense hardships to people”.

“NH has never remained disrupted like this and it seems thatongoing road-widening process is either not in sync with the local geographicalrequirements or the advanced road building technologies are not being used,”KNS quoted Faesal as having said.

   

“It is unfortunate that travelling on NH has become anightmare for the ordinary people,” Faesal said.

“If Government doesn’t think that this State is importantthen it’s better to let go of the State. Passengers are scared of travelling onthe road. Cattle and poultry being transported are dying of starvation due tolong unexpected halting time. Vegetables and fruits are rotting,” he said whilespeaking to a delegation of passengers who had come to meet him at Srinagarparty office, KNS said.

“Similar is the case with the Mughal Road. People have towait for hours to cross the security check point at Poshana. A small interventionlike giving additional staff at the check point and arranging for toilets, etc.would reduce the inconvenience to passengers.

Kishtwar-Jammu and Srinagar-Kargil roads are also notmotorable and the Government has no idea of the magnitude of crisis,” Faesalregretted.

He urged upon the Government to constitute a Committee ofSecretaries for supervising the restoration effort in a time bound manner.

“If the Government can’t even ensure inter-provincial roadconnectivity, not to speak of devastated district roads and inner links, we arebetter off without such a government,” added the statement.

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