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New
road to connect Doda and Kishtwar
by Tahir Nadeem Khan
Bhaderwah:
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has begun work
on opening an alternative road to connect Doda and Kishtwar
in Kashmir as the present one got cut off after heavy
rain washed off parts of a crucial highway last week.
Doda and Kishtwar districts were cut off from the rest
of the state as heavy overnight rains washed off parts
of a road near the Baglihar power project last Saturday.
Half-a-kilometer stretch of the road between Batote-Kishtwar
National Highway -1B collapsed was water from Chenab river
submerged it. Officials said an alternative route was
being re-opened as a stop-gap measure. "We received information
that the Doda-Bhaderwah road was severally damaged and
the road needs realignment. Making a new road there is
impossible, so our authorities directed us to open the
Bani-Bhaderwah road so that the traffic must be diverted.
We have sent our workers for surveying. They would inform
us of the condition of the snow on top areas," said Chander
Shekhar Joshi, a BRO official. Resident said they were
obviously happy over the development. "We are extremely
happy after hearing the news the Jammu and Kashmir Government
started work at the Bani-Bhaderwah road. This will not
only help the Bhaderwah, but the areas of Kishtawar and
Bani too. All of us want to that this road will open as
early as possible. The fruit market of Pathankot will
be easily accessible. This would also reduce the problem
of unemployment in the Bhaderwah," said Imtiaz Ahmad Butt,
a resident of Bhaderwah. Usually, the Bani-Bhaderwah road
remains closed during winter.
-Feb
11, 2009
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