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| After 20 yrs, work on Bhaderwah-Chamba inter-state road resumes | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
BHADERWAH, July 11: The work on prestigious Bhaderwah-Chamba road project has been resumed after a gap of twenty years. The project, which was stopped abruptly, has been sanctioned under Inter-State Connectivity programme at a cost of Rs 73.33 crores.
The total length of the hilly road is 145 Km and the road up to 22 Km has been opened to traffic. This road was motorable for vehicles up to 1986, but due to the militancy the road had been abandoned.
The construction and widening of the 42-km-long Bhaderwah- Chamba road which had been hanging in balance for the past three years has started and this will facilitate connectivity between this part of the state and Himachal Pradesh for the promotion of tourism.
The completion of the project will give fillip to tourism, trade and people to people contact and will also strengthen the local economy. It will improve the primitive culture, lifestyle and tradition of the mountainous valley Bhaderwah. It will also increase the potential of pilgrim tourism of the Bhaderwah which is known for Machail Yatra, Mani Mahesh Yatra etc.
"We have been dreaming since our childhood that this project will be completed one day and will further improve the economic condition of Bhaderwah and will connect Bhaderwah to rest of the country and will open the road for tourism in the state," said Jawed Ahmed.
The upgradation and augmentation of Bhaderwah-Chamba project is alternate road connectivity, which will connect India with Kashmir Valley.
Imtiaz-ur Rehman said: "Jammu and Kashmir Government has resumed work of widening of this road and reopening of this road is a major achievement for us. Our culture and climate resembles that of Himachal Pradesh and we feel connected to the state."
"The work on this project is going on with full pace and the whole machinery is installed there. It has the potential to complete the width of 4 kms in a month. We have acquired the land for the width of sixty feet out of which thirty three feet width will be the actual road the mechanized road," said Farooq Khan DC Doda.
The project will exploit the potential of Bhaderwah as transition between Kashmir valley and Himachal Pradesh thereby increasing the inflow of tourists in the state and escalating the economy of the state.
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