Explosives had been used to blast boulders that had been hampering the continued restoration work on the 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway, which remained closed as a result of a number of landslides triggered by incessant rains for the third consecutive day on Thursday, officers mentioned. With the advance within the climate, the restoration work at over half-a-dozen locations in Udhampur and Ramban districts was sped up within the morning as over 700 Kashmir-bound stranded automobiles, largely vehicles carrying important commodities, had been cleared, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned efforts are on to clear the remaining 1,300 automobiles which can be stranded on the freeway — the one all-weather highway linking Kashmir with the remainder of the nation — and partial restoration of vehicular motion could be anticipated by Friday afternoon. Explosives had been used to blast boulders on the Dewal bridge close to Samroli within the Udhampur district, the place an enormous landslide had blocked an extended stretch of the highway.
Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar, together with different senior officers, together with Udhampur Deputy Commissioner Krittika Jyotsna and Senior Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar, inspected the landslide spot close to Samroli and requested the executing companies to make sure that the highway was made traffic-worthy on the earliest. The deputy commissioner apprised the divisional commissioner that males and equipment had been engaged on a conflict footing to revive the freeway.
Ramban Deputy Commissioner Mussarat Islam, who can also be personally monitoring the highway clearance operations, mentioned 25 out of the round 30 areas hit by landslides and mudslides on the freeway had been cleared on Wednesday itself. The freeway was blocked on Tuesday night as a result of landslides, mudslides, and capturing stones at 33 locations in Ramban and Udhampur districts. A 150-feet-long highway stretch and an under-construction bridge on the freeway had been additionally washed away as a result of flash floods.
The Mughal highway, one other hyperlink connecting the dual Poonch-Rajouri districts of the Jammu area with South Kashmir’s Shopian district, was additionally cleared for visitors after remaining closed for 2 days. Earlier within the day, Senior Superintendent of Police, Nationwide Freeway, Shabir Ahmad Malik mentioned efforts have been stepped up to make sure the early restoration of visitors on the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway.
“Over 700 vehicles and passenger automobiles, stranded between Panthiyal and Banihal (in Ramban), had been cleared and so they reached their locations in Kashmir since Wednesday night, whereas efforts are on to clear the remaining 1,300 automobiles,” Malik instructed PTI. Of those, 110 vehicles had been cleared through the day on Thursday, the officer mentioned, including the freeway is thru between Digdole and the Valley, whereas the highway clearance operation in Ramban district, together with Kela Morh, Sita Ram Passi Maroog, and Battery Cheshma, is prone to be accomplished by tonight.
“The stranded automobiles can be given precedence as soon as the highway is made by,” he mentioned. The officers mentioned many individuals crossed the landslide-hit areas by foot to achieve their locations.
The stranded passengers have been supplied with meals and medical services, they mentioned.
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