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New Jammu-Srinagar highway rule comes into effect: PDP, NC leaders, including Farooq Abdullah, protest against decision

FP Staff • April 7, 2019, 15:00:37 IST
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Nearly 2,000 civilian vehicles, which were left stranded on Jammu-Srinagar national highway following a massive landslide, were cleared as the two-day per week ban on movement of civilian vehicles came into effect on Sunday.

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New Jammu-Srinagar highway rule comes into effect: PDP, NC leaders, including Farooq Abdullah, protest against decision

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and National Conference (NC) leaders, including party chairman Farooq Abdullah, on Sunday held a protest march against the order closing the Jammu-Srinagar of highway to civilian traffic for two days a week. Taking a jibe at the administration that is currently functioning under the governor, Abdullah called the highway order “wrong and undemocratic”. “Order to shut highway for civilian traffic is wrong and undemocratic, " said Abdullah.

#NewsAlert – @jkpdp and @JKNC_ protest against highway closure for civilians. Order to shut highway for civilian traffic is wrong: Farooq Abdullah. | @islahmufti with more details pic.twitter.com/owoHaw1z5T

— News18 (@CNNnews18) April 7, 2019

Reacting to the restriction order, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti asked civilians to defy it and said that her party will approach the court against the highway ban.

Mehbooba Mufti, PDP on civilian movement restricted on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway 2 days a week: You saw that the students are facing a lot of problem due to it. I urge people not to accept the ban. Defy it, go wherever you want. We will approach the court against this ban. https://t.co/bESMdDBhD7

— ANI (@ANI) April 7, 2019
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Nearly 2,000 civilian vehicles, which were left stranded on Jammu-Srinagar national highway following a massive landslide, were cleared as the two-day per week ban on movement of civilian vehicles on the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country came into effect on Sunday, officials said. [caption id=“attachment_6227231” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]File photo of NC chief Farooq Abdullah. PTI File photo of NC chief Farooq Abdullah. PTI[/caption] The governor administration last week announced a ban on civilian traffic on the 270-km highway on Sundays and Wednesdays to facilitate safe passage of security convoys till 31 May, a decision which was criticised as “anti-people” and “undemocratic” by almost all political parties and cross-section of the society including business community in the Valley. The decision comes in the aftermath of the terror attack on a CRPF convoy on the highway in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on 14 February, which left over 40 CRPF personnel dead, besides another attempt to target a CRPF convoy with a car bomb on the highway near Banihal in Ramban district on 30 March. A massive landslide blocked the highway near Anokhi fall in Ramban district on Saturday afternoon, leaving nearly 2,000 Jammu-bound vehicles stranded. “The highway was cleared of the debris around 3 am after hectic 14-hour long operation and accordingly, the stranded vehicles were allowed to move towards Jammu,” Deputy Superintendent of Police, traffic (National Highway, Ramban), Suresh Sharma told PTI. He said it was decided that the stranded civilian vehicles, both trucks and passenger vehicles, would be cleared first before the highway is closed for the civilian traffic to ensure smooth passage of the security convoys. However, the officer said no fresh civilian traffic was allowed either from Srinagar or Jammu since Sunday morning in view of the restrictions which are in force from 4 am to 5 pm. “The security convoys started moving from both sides to reach their destinations,” Sharma said. Army, police and CRPF personnel have been deployed at all intersections leading to the highway to ensure that civilian traffic does not interfere with movement of convoys of security forces, officials said. Amid public outrage against the curbs, the authorities earlier clarified that patients, students, tourists and others in emergency will be allowed to move after scrutiny during the restrictions. Meanwhile, authorities gave permission to a wedding party to travel on the highway from Anantnag district in south Kashmir to Doda district in Jammu region. The order issued by the Additional District Development Commissioner, Anantnag, said the wedding party of Danish Ali will include 12 other people who will travel on Sunday in four vehicles on the highway and their travel would be subject to frisking and checking by the security forces. The permits issued also specified the registration numbers of the vehicles. With inputs from PTI

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