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| Finally Vehicles roll on NH | | Central team arrives | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 10
Amidst caution, the weather situation across Jammu and Kashmir has started looking better and a team of central government has initiated damage assessment process in the state.
With significant improvement in weather and following clearance operations, one-way traffic was today resumed on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway which remained closed for around seven days due to seven foot snowfall and landslides triggered by rains. After one-way opening of the road, the traffic was allowed from Jammu to Srinagar on the highway. No vehicle was allowed from Srinagar to Jammu.
Altogether one hundred vehicles, including those carrying essential commodities and passengers, stranded on the highway for the past six days, arrived here late last night and early this morning.
The stranded vehicles were allowed to move towards Srinagar last evening after the Border Roads Organisations (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway cleared snow and landslides from the road.
Meanwhile, a three member central team reached Srinagar this morning to made an initial damage assessment. The team also met the Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad in the afternoon here.
The team comprising K. Skandan, Joint Secretary (Kashmir), Ministry of Home Affairs, O. Ravi, Joint Secretary (Disaster Management), Ministry of Home Affairs and S. Sarkar, Joint Director, Ministry of Finance, made an extensive aerial survey of the snow affected areas in the two divisions.
The team members briefed the Chief Minister about their visit which they described as hectic and revealing. They appreciated the good work done by the State administration especially in clearing roads of snow and taking preventive measures to save human lives.
The team is expected to submit a preliminary report to the central government on the situation.
The Chief Minister told the team that most of the areas being still cut off it would take a week's time for the government to ascertain complete details of losses to life and property.
The team members in Kashmir valley had aerial survey of Verinag, Kapran, Kulgam, Khansahib and Gulmarg and in Jammu division of Mahore, Gool, Gulabgarh, Mahu-Mangat, Seojdhar, Dessa and Bhadarwah. They also had meetings with the administration both at Srinagar and Jammu. |
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