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| Business as usual on Doda roads, 25 more killed | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 7: Tragedy, as it literally business as usual there, struck once more in the Chenab Valley region taking away at least 25 precious lives and injuring 21 others in ghastly road accident off Assar on Jammu-Kishtwar National Highway. This was the fifth major accident in the region taking death toll on the troika districts of Doda-Ramban-Kishwar closer to 150.
It all happened when driver of a passenger bus, reportedly fit in condition, lost control over the steering while negotiating a curve as the road beneath caved in. local sources told Early Times that it was a patch of under construction road which caved in thus resulting into loss of balance and making the driver to lose control. The passenger bus was bearing registration number JK02AD,6339.
Officials of the local administered rushed to the spot on hearing of mishap and made arrangements of shifting the critically injured persons to Jammu for advanced treatment. In view of their deteriorating condition, the injured were airlifted to Jammu and removed to the Government Medical College Hospitals.
22 injured passengers were airlifted to Jammu where one person identified as Gori Chander resident of Kalakote succumbed to his injuries in GMC hospital while the treatment of the rest of the injured were going on in the hospital.
Meanwhile in Doda, the locals angered over the incident resorted to stone pelting at ARTO Doda Rajeshwar Singh Charak and attacked on Batote police gypsy. People alleged that over loading is the main cause of accidents as they also complained of the lack of immediate medical care.
They alleged that DC Doda few days ago issued general notice to inform him if people witness any violation of traffic but till date no action has been taken against violators even though many a times he was informed about the traffic violation. Pertinent to mention here that the then Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had sanctioned Rs 10 crore for alternate road stretch of 2.5 kilometer but till date road completion of work has not done so far. However sensing danger to vehicles plying on the Assar road stretch authorities halts plying of vehicles on road from 10am to 1pm.The condition of road is so shabby that plying vehicle is at once own risk.
The deceased have been identified as Surinder Kumar son of Hari Lal of Jodhpur, Mohd Rafi of fiksu Thathri,Subash Chander Son of Swami Raj of Patoli Bhaderwah,sanjeev Kumar of jodhpur,surdshan Singh of Kasti Garh, Haji Gh Hyder Shah of Pul Doa,Auaz Ahmad Bhat son Ab Samad Bhat of Bagore Doda, Nath Ram son of tej Chand of Udhyan pur, Altaf Hussian son of Rashan Din of Marmat, Shabir Ahmad hajam of Zuhand his son Arsulan and DY SP Telecom Devan Raj posted in Bhaderwah, Gauri Chander succumbs to injuries in Jammu while others are yet to be identified.
Those shifted to Jammu were yet to be identified and the condition of some of the injured is stated to be critical.
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