The Chenani-Nashri tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu highway is becoming prone to accidents for the past several months.
Reports said since its opening last year in April, there were three major road accidents witnessed inside the Nashri tunnel. Two days ago, on 24 January, over dozen vehicles collided inside the tunnel following an accident. The initial reports suggest that the truck driver who rammed his vehicle into the pathway was sleeping while drivers. There were also reports that it was due to the lack of visibility inside the tunnel due to immense smoke that made vehicle to collide against each other.
Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IG) Traffic Jagjit Kumar said that the accidents inside the tunnel aren’t happening due to the low visibility but by the irresponsible driving.
“The accidents are happening because we see vehicles being driven at a very high speed inside the tunnel. We make continuous announcements urging drivers to drive at safe speed to avoid any accident,” IG Traffic said. KNS