No more fuel shortage in Kashmir, says divisional commissioner

The shortage of essential supplies, particularly petrol,diesel, LPG and kerosene has ended with the arrival of sufficient stocksfollowing the re-opening of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, officials said onWednesday.

An official spokesman said that until 6 pm, a total numberof 274 tankers and trucks crossed Jawahar tunnel, which included 81 LPG trucks,67 petrol-loaded tankers, 91 diesel tankers, and 35 kerosene oil tankers.

   

More than 300 tankers are in transit and are expected toreach Kashmir Valley shortly, the spokesman said in a statement.

Divisional commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmed Khan said hereviewed the availability of stocks and distribution process with deputy commissioners,director FCS&CA and other senior officers in a meeting here.

He said that sufficient stocks have been received andfurther additional supply is in transit.

Inspector general of traffic police Alok Kumar said theJammu-Srinagar highway was re-opened for traffic on Wednesday afternoon.

The road sank late Tuesday afternoon and efforts are on torepair the damaged portion to restore traffic on the highway, the onlyall-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the world.

The 270-km highway was closed on Monday following majorlandslides triggered by incessant rains and snowfall.

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