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| Sgr-Leh road to be opened on April 16 | | | SRINAGAR: Minister for CA&PD and Transport, Qamar Ali Akhoon alongwith MLA Zanskar Feroz Ahmad Khan, District Development Commissioner, Ganderbal, Chief Engineer, BEACON and HIMMANK inspected the condition of Srinagar-Leh road at Zojila. At Zero point, the Minister and other authorities were received by CEO, Kargil Hill Development Council, Kachoo Ahmad Khan and others.
It was decided that the road will be thrown open for light vehicles from April 16, 2010 including Tata Mobile vehicles. However, all type of vehicles will be allowed on this road from April 20, 2010.
It was also decided that the vehicles from Kargil to Srinagar shall cross Sonamarg upto 9 am while the vehicles from Sonamarg to Kargil shall cross Gumri upto 10 am. These timings will be in force from April 16 to April 19, 2010.
Similarly, all the vehicles coming from Leh to Srinagar from April 20, 2010 have to cross Gumri upto 10 am while the vehicles from Sonamarg to Leh shall cross Gumri from 11 am to 3 pm.
After 3 pm, no vehicle will be allowed to ply on the road as the road has to be taken up by BEACON authorities for improvement and upgradation purposes.
Qamar Ali Akhoon expressed his gratitude to the BEACON and HIMMANK authorities for throwing the highway open one month earlier.
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