Traffic choas at Nandani Tunnel

Sir,

I want to bring the problem of traffic chaos at Nandani Tunnel to the notice of concerned police authorities for necessary remedial measures.

The left tube of Nandani tunnel has been closed since April 2002 for renovation, and now the up and down traffic has to pass from right tube only. The condition of road inside right tube is deplorable. There are pits, upheavals and water logging always. As such vehicles cannot pass smoothly and it takes too much time to pass the tunnel. If condition of road inside the tunnel is improved the time taken by a vehicle to cross the tunnel can be drastically reduced. There is lack of coordination between the persons on the either side of the tunnel. Traffic is not regulated in a coordinated manner and many a time vehicles have to be reserved which is so difficult in view of the continuous flow of vehicles. It results in sheer wastage of time.

Convoy of Army and other forces play another havoc by not observing system of single laning on the roads, so that traffic from opposite direction can continuously ply. Problem is very grave as only route to Jammu gets choked daily for hours together and force personnel convoys bound for Railway station/transit camp are held up due to lack of precautions. Other people returning to Jammu from Udhampur, Katra, Srinagar etc. also get held up at different stations due to traffic jams.

It is requested to the concerned authorities of National Highway to regulate the traffic at Nandani Tunnel.

Yours etc...
Ramesh Chander
Muthi, Jammu.

Strive for simple marriage

Sir,

With reference to Anshul Aima's article, 'meaning of marriage' published in the Sunday Magazine and later on Moza's interpretation, I am glad to pen down that charity begins at home. First of all, it is the prime duty of every youth attaining the age of marriage should make it a point to enter into wedlock without 'dowry and demand'. This is the basic evil that damages our social, religious and economic way of life. The theme of education is to make us understand that we all are equally responsible for the extravagant marriages of unnatural false standards here in exile to show our economic status which is not real but temporary.

A young girl and a youth both educated and less educated or not educated should make pious and real relations at the time of marriage. They should work hard to earn money for a comfortable life in future. They should act as an example to teach their parents and elders that there should be no dowry, no demand to make the life of a bride honourable and her parents comfortable. This will naturally effect the extravagance of marriages and false pomp and show by their compelled parents in old age and ill health. The money can be saved for the education of youngsters and other constructive purposes.

This shall really reform greedy in-laws monitarily and dowry deaths and divorce can hardly raise its ugly head. Youth alone can reform our society, give it a new get up and proper thinking because child is the father of man. It will not be out of place of mention here that recently I brought two daughter-in-laws without any dowry or demand. Let us preserve and save our language and save our rich culture as its inheritants.

Yours etc...
R K M
Retd. Principal
Adarsh Nagar (Paloura),
Jammu.