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Only one-way traffic from Jammu to Srinagar on national highway
5/8/2016 10:55:39 PM
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Srinagar, May 8 : Only one-way traffic from Jammu to Kashmir was allowed on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway today to allow free movement of vehicles, carrying employees as Darbar Move, seat of the government, reopens in the summer capital tomorrow.
The Darbar, including the office of Chief Minister and her Cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats was closed in winter capital Jammu, on the last working day of last month.
Meanwhile, the historic Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region and national highway linking Ladakh with valley were open with some restrictions.
However, road from Bandipora to border town of Gurez and Synthan and Kishtwar road remained closed since December last year.
A traffic police official told that in view of movement of vehicles carrying Darbar move employees and keeping in view the condition of road, only one-way traffic from Jammu to Kashmir valley was allowed today. No traffic, including the convoy of Army, BSF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP and other security force agencies would be allowed from Kashmir to Jammu today under any circumstances, he said adding however, these restrictions will not apply to ambulances carrying emergency patients. He said movement of all types of Kashmir bound passenger vehicles and oil tankers would be permitted from Nagrota (Jammu) from 0400 hrs to 1500 hrs whereas the movement of trucks shall be allowed from Jammu after 0600 hrs to 1400 hrs.
Similarly from Nagrota, Jammu, movement of all kinds of traffic bound for Doda and Kishtwar were allowed from 0400 hrs onwards 1500 hrs only.
However, from tomorrow passenger traffic will ply from both sides while trucks and heavy vehicles will continue to ply on alternate days on the highway. He said historic Mughal road through for traffic. However, movement of traffic was allowed from 0800 hours upto 1200 hours from Buffliaz towards Shopian and from 1300 hours upto 1600 hours from Shopian towards Bufliaz. Similarly Srinagar Kargil-Leh highway was also through for traffic. However, the cut off time for all types of vehicles plying from Kargil towards Sonamarg, in the central Kashmir was 0630 hours at Drass and 0900 hours at Minimarg whereas cut off time for all types of vehicles plying from Srinagar towards Kargil was 1100 hours at Sonamarg.
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