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Worst nightmare for commuters in absence of sign boards
Kunjwani-Satwari road expansion
1/13/2012 11:48:18 PM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 13: While the work has started on the expansion of Kunjwani-Satwari stretch of National Highway (NH-1), taken up under the centrally sponsored four lane project, it has turned out to be nightmare to for the commuters, who are using the road daily.
At times the road has become reason for road accidents injuring many people.
With both the sides dug up as part of the widening process, apart from number of trees cut by the executing agencies, but no signs have been put by the agency.
As the work has started, within a period of less than 5 days two accidents has been witnessed on the same route at Industrial Estate Bridge near Shastri Nagar link road, due to the administrations apathy since the work has begin there is no instructional impression on either sides.
"For more than a week, most of the commuters are using the road with fear, particularly during the night time as they are not able to see the dug up portion. There should be proper glow signs for the people", said a daily commuter Sanjeev Sharma.
One of the accidents was so bad that the truck coming from Lakhanpur after the diversion at that area where the work is in process was not recognizable as the truck had fell into the Nullah and the material loaded also got affected.
Where on the second one the minibus coming from the city lost control as it was totally uneven to handle the vehicle due to the chaos created by the slashed trees fallen on the road.
"Who will bear the responsibility for any deaths due to the apathetic attitude of the administration? The road has become worst nightmare for the people", Naresh Kumar a local, said.
The highway, which connects the Jammu and Kashmir to the rest of the India, is fast becoming an ordeal for motorists owing to never-ending road construction and expansion works, bottlenecks created by accidents, rains and other obstacles.
"Sometimes people have to drive through link roads in villages since the volume of traffic on these roads caused total chaos. Even on the highway, there were traffic jams," said a Collegiate.
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