JAMMU: The national highway of Jammu-Srinagar will remain closed on Friday, 7 April as the administration will carry out repairs in landslide-hit areas of Ramban district. The highway will stay closed between the Nashri and Navyuga tunnels, according to senior officials.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ramban, Mohita Sharma, stated that April 7 has been designated a traffic dry day between Nashri and Navyuga tunnel "based on the instruction passed for executing vital repairs and maintenance works on the highway." From 6 AM on April 7 to 6 AM on April 8, the SSP noted, only emergency vehicles would be permitted to travel on the highway in the Ramban portion.
The 270-kilometer-long roadway, which provides the only year-round route connecting Kashmir with the rest of the nation, has encountered numerous landslides and shooting stones recently and has to be maintained. In other Union Territory news, rail traffic will soon be able to cross the highest bridge in the world across the Chenab river. At a height of 359 m (1,178 ft), the bridge will cross the Chenab River. The arch bridge between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir provides the necessary link from Katra to Banihal.
The bridge has undergone all essential evaluations and is currently nearing construction as a crucial component of the highly anticipated Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL), a project estimated at Rs. 35,000 crores. The project, which costs Rs. 1400 crore, has received a lot of attention from the current administration.
Construction on the bridge, which was begun in 2004, was suspended in 2008 and 2009 to assess the safety precautions for train passengers in light of the region's frequent occurrence of high-velocity winds.
Of late, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the bridge and assured that it will be ready after some more tests.
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