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| First bottleneck out | | LoC trade | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 15: Giving fillip to the Cross-Line of Control trade, the government has allayed a major apprehension of the traders on carrying capacity of trucks to ply between two destinations of both sides of Jammu and Kashmir.
Recently the deliberations between two sides of traders here concluded that limited carrying capacity of the trucks to ply on the LoC roads may be a major bottleneck on the profitable trade. The traders had information that trucks only upto one Metric tonne load can cross the Line of Control.
The government today, however, clarified that the bearing capacity of the Kaman Post Bridge on Uri-Muzaffarabad Road is 40 Metric Tonnes (MTs).
The Muzaffarabad Chamber of Commerce delegation, during its meeting with Governor, Mr N N Vohra, here the other day had represented that the Kaman Post Bridge had a bearing capacity of 1.5 MTs only, which could be an obstacle for the movement of heavy vehicles.
The Governor had sought an immediate report and was informed today by the Border Roads Organisation and the State Public Works Department that the bridge was trafficable for a heavy vehicle with a trailer. Its capacity is 40 MTs and not 1.5 MTs, as the PoK delegation had been informed and also reported in a section of the print media.
The road from Salamabad to the Kaman Post has already been double lanned and is currently being macadamized.
The forward area of Salamabad is these days humming with activity, as the Uri-Muzaffarabad Road is all set to witness the Cross-LoC Trade from October 21 this year. The Trade Facilitation Centre with all logistics has come up and the work on the second phase of the infrastructural development has also been taken up simultaneously. |
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