Early Times Report
srinagar, Apr 30: Only one-way traffic will ply from Jammu to Srinagar today on the highway, connecting the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, to allow free movement of vehicles, carrying Darbar move employees and office records.
No vehicle, including those of security forces, would be allowed from Srinagar to Jammu, a traffic police official spokesman said here.
"Darbar", seat of the government, including office of the Chief Minister, her cabinet colleagues, top bureaucrats and heads of departments were closed yesterday at winter capital, Jammu to reopen in summer capital, Srinagar on May 9.
He said in view of movement of vehicles carrying Darbar move employees and keeping in view the condition of road, strict one way movement of traffic shall be allowed on the highway.
As such, he said, movement of traffic shall be allowed from Jammu towards Srinagar side only. Movement of all types of Kashmir bound passenger vehicles and oil tankers shall be permitted from Nagrota (Jammu) from 0400 hrs onwards whereas the movement of trucks shall be allowed from Jammu after 0600 hrs.
He said from Nagrota movement of all kinds of traffic bound for Doda and Kishtwar shall be allowed from 0400 hrs onwards.
No movement of traffic including convoys of Army, BSF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP and other Security forces shall be allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu today under any circumstances. These restrictions shall, however, not apply to the ambulances carrying emergency patients. He said on historic Mughal road, movement of traffic shall be allowed from 0800 hours upto 1200 hours from Bufluaz towards Shopian and from 1300 hours uoto 1600 hours from Shopian towards Bufliaz. However, road from Bandipora to border area of Gurez and Synthan-Kishtwar are still closed since December last year due to snow. |
