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HC asks authorities to repair highway 4/9/2015 12:33:16 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 8: The state High Court has directed authorities to take immediate steps for repairing Srinagar-Jammu highway and ensure smooth flow of traffic on the 300-km road, which connects Kashmir with rest of the country. Hearing Public Interest Litigation (PIL), a division bench of Justice M H Attar and A M Magrey also directed the authorities including Chief Engineer R&B to repair the ditches and potholes from Srinagar to Qazigund. The court also issued notice to state government, Director General National Authority of India New Delhi, project manager NHAI, Director General BRO as well as Managing Director and project manager Ramky Infrastructure, seeking their reply byApril 13 to the PIL filed by civil society Tral through its general secretary Shabir Ahmad Bhat. They were seeking directions to the respondents for repairing the National Highway from Jammu to Srinagar especially from Banihal to Srinagar and Srinagar to Baramulla. The petition also seeks directions commanding the respondents to constitute a team of experts to have physical spot inspection and conduct survey of NH1A and other link roads of Kashmir to assess the gravity of dilapidated condition of the roads and submit a detailed report with complete remedial suggestions in a time bound period. It also seeks direction for fixing liability of maintenance of the existing HH1A from Jammu to Srinagar for the purposes of maintenance and development, on war footing basis. The petition also seeks directions to authorities including the police to take action against the residents involved in directing the flow of sewage water on the roads throughout the whole state of Jammu and Kashmir. They also seeks directions to engineer R&B Kashmir and Jammu, asking them to submit a detailed report of the strength of the road guards and coolies whose expenditure is borne by the R&B Department and explain why such employees are paid from the state exchequer when they never work practically to maintain the roads and prevent the damage to the roads.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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