Landslide caused delay in Jammu-Srinagar National Highway repair work
The repair work of the damaged stretch on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway suffered a fresh setback when a landslide damaged the road last evening. On September 7, men of the 52-Road Construction Company of the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) had started excavating the hill to carve out a single-lane path to make way for light motor vehicles.
Due to a fresh landslide, not only the whole effort put in by the GREF went in vain but it also doubled the damage to the road at that spot. Now, it may take at least four or five days to make the road suitable for light motor vehicles. Beacon’s Portland excavator and other machines are on their way from Kishtwar which would expedite the repair work as said by the Deputy Commissioner of Ramban, Farooq Ahmed Shah Bukhari.
The highway has been damaged at 172.645 km milestone (from Jammu), 174.835 km milestone and 174.495 km where about 60 m, 50 m and 30 m of the road portion, respectively, due to overflowing of water from the Bisleri nullah.
Source: The Tribunes
Deputy Commissioner of Ramban, General Reserve Engineering Force, GREF, Jammu-Srinagar National Highway
