The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a high-level meeting to review the stockpiling of petroleum products for the winter season in Jammu & Kashmir.
ADG Traffic, Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir, Administrative Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, IG Jammu, SSP Traffic, and representatives of petroleum companies participated in the meeting.
The meeting was informed that in the absence of regular railways carriage, the shipment of petroleum products is being arranged through roadways from the neighbouring state of Punjab. In this regard, it was requested that to maintain the required stock of these products especially in the valley, highway access to the heavy goods vehicles/ lorries be permitted throughout the week in relaxation to the existing policy of half-weekly travel.