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| Akhnoor road widening awaits Defence nod | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 24: The widening of Aknoor road remains a distant dream as defence authorities seem in no mood to give clearance.
The file is pending with Union Defence Ministry for a long time now awaiting its approval. According to the sources the Defence Ministry has raised certain objections on widening of the road in the view of its proximity to LOC. Despite the hard efforts of MP Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat Madan Lal Sharma the Defence Ministry has not accorded its consent to the Project.
Sourced said the widening of road has been a necessity in view of increasing traffic rush on the road with people getting trapped in long traffic jams daily. Sources said this has also been cause of increasing accidents on the road.
The problem becomes more aggravated after the darbar move to Jammu as the vehicular traffic increases on this road, sources added.
Sources said the construction of fourth bridge over River Tawi at Bhagwati Nagar has become useless as there is no proper road connecting the bridge with Akhnoor road. Sources said the crores of rupees spent on construction of the bridge have gone useless as it will render no purpose till the Akhnoor road is not widened and made a four lane road and proper lane road is constructed from Bhagwati Nagar to Shakti Nagar joining it with Akhnoor road.
Sources said despite a lot of public outcry over the issue the Union as well as State Government have failed to widen this road which is life line for vast area of Jammu region. |
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