Excelsior Correspondent
BANIHAL, Mar 17: National Conference (NC) District president Ramban, Haji Sajjad Shaheen has expressed serious concern over frequent traffic jamming and closure of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH).
“People living across J&K especially in Kashmir, Banihal and Ramban have been left at the mercy of landslides that disrupt traffic on the only all-weather road, which connects the valley with rest of the country”, Shaheen said.
In a handout he stated that mismanagement and lack of coordination among traffic police along the NH has completely failed to regulate smooth flow of traffic on the roads as daily road commuters and pubic in general have to remain stranded in traffic jams for hours together right from dusk to dawn especially between Banihal and Ramban stretch of the highway causing grave inconvenience to students, patients, employees, traders and transporters.
Taking a strong note of deteriorating condition of the national highway connecting Kashmir with rest of India, Shaheen said, “Deaths and damage caused by the rapid increase in number of landslides and shooting stone incidents seem to mean little to those at the helm.”
He also said that the government should consult experts for reaching to the bottom of problems.
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