Ramban: Vehicular traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway will remain suspended for two hours to remove the hanging boulders at Hassanbass-Ramsu stretch between Nashri and Banihal in Ramban district on Wednesday. Officials said, “The movement of vehicular traffic will remain suspended from 2 am to 4 am on Wednesday for removing the hanging boulders at […]
Category: Roads
Major bottleneck on road removed in Rajouri
Rajouri, Sep 19: Deputy Commissioner, Vikas Kundal has taken an action to remove a major bottleneck on the crucial Rajouri-Thanamandi-Surankote Road at Atti. The initiative was taken to enhance connectivity and streamline traffic flow on this vital road, which serves as a lifeline for the Pir Panjal region, connecting the border district of Rajouri to […]
Narla-Bambal village road in dilapidated condition
Rajouri, Sep 19: The Narla- Bambal village road in Rajouri district is in a dilapidated condition. The local villagers have expressed serious concern over the deteriorated condition of the road. They accused the concerned government department of gross negligence. The students are not able to reach their schools as well as examination centres in time […]
Additional 2-lane Ramban flyover to be opened for traffic in October
Ramban: The work on the additional two-lane viaduct, running parallel to the two-lane 1.08 km long Ramban flyover (viaduct) is likely to be completed by the end of September or by October beginning. It will, hopefully, be opened for traffic by mid-October. This was informed by the engineers of the construction company Gammon India Private […]
Normal traffic flow on Srinagar-Jammu NH
Ramban, Sep 15: The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway (NH-44) witnessed normal traffic flow as it remained open for two-way traffic of Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) and heavy vehicles on Friday. However, officials said that the movement of traffic remained slow on single-lane road stretches at Dalwass and Mehar Cafeteria due to the breakdown of six heavy […]
Heavy rainfall damages culvert along Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch NH
Rajouri, Sep 15: Vehicular movement on Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch National Highway (NH 144A) remained suspended for over five hours on Friday after flash floods in nearby rivulet, triggered by overnight heavy rains, washed away a culvert, built alongside a bridge construction site at Rajal Top in Nowshera. The highway was closed for traffic at around 6 am […]
Work on another 2-lane Ramban flyover nearing completion
Ramban, Sep 15: A newly-constructed 400-meter long Maroog tunnel, New Tunnel 1 (NT1) and a 250-meter viaduct leading to (NT1) Maroog tunnel on the Ramban-Banihal section of the four-lane project was opened for two-way traffic on a trial basis on Friday. An engineer of the company Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt Ltd (CVPPL) engaged for […]
Rajouri- Kotranka road becomes accident prone amid poor maintenance
Rajouri, Sep 15: The busy Rajouri- Kotranka two lane road constructed and maintained by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has become an accident prone road due to poor maintenance and ongoing work for laying of fiber cable. The slide debris, stones, sand heaps, and clay lying at dozens of places has not been removed causing shrinking […]
Are frequent landslides on Srinagar Jammu NH man-induced disasters?
Jammu: Death of four persons due to massive landslide on Silad-Sherbibi stretch of Srinagar Jammu National Highway (NH 44) on September 12 morning has yet again brought some prickly questions to the fore. Are these frequent landslides on this strategic National Highway man-induced disasters? Where did we falter? Will they (slides) be a perennial phenomenon […]
Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remains open
Ramban, May 21: The Srinagar- Jammu National Highway remained open for two-way traffic of light and medium passenger vehicles and one-way traffic of heavy vehicles for Jammu on Sunday. However, traffic authorities said during the last 24 hours up to 5 pm, Sunday Jammu Srinagar NH-44 remained blocked for one hour and 45 minutes. They […]
Mughal Road reopens for vehicular traffic movement
Rajouri, May 21: Vehicular traffic movement on Mughal Road was restored on Sunday afternoon after a day long closure due to landslide at Mansar Morh. The road was closed on Saturday evening after a landslide the road at Mansar Morh. Officials said that the traffic movement remained suspended since Saturday evening.Theslide clearance work was started […]
USBRL project | Maldives’ ministerial delegation visits Chenab bridge in Reasi
Jammu, May 20: A delegation of ministers from the Republic of Maldives has visited the highest railway bridge in the world constructed over mighty Chenab by Northern Railway, as a part of its prestigious Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project. According to Northern Railway spokesperson, the delegation comprising Minister for National Planning, Housing and […]