Tahir Mushtaq

Whereas the
highway has been made operational for one-way traffic between Ramban and
Banihal by the concern authorities but at Batote as road caves-in due to which
the traffic remained suspended between Ramban-Jammu National Highway.
Official said
that hundreds of vehicles in which thousands of passenger are stranded on the
highway due to caving-in of around hundred metres of road near Batote town, due
to which both Srinagar-Jammu and Batote-Kishtwar highways were closed.
District
Development Commissioner (DDC) Ramban Bashir Ahmed Dar reached on the spot to
assess the condition of the area. District administrations assure every
possible help to the families whose house get damaged.
Meanwhile, the aggrieved
families alleged that the administration is not doing anything to rehabilitate
them as they are under open sky from the last 24 hours.
They said that continue
rainfall is adding our woes and it is very difficult for them to cope up with
the situation in this bad climate whereas the district administration has not
offer any kind to help in rehabilitating.
DDC Ramban said
that the administration is on work with the help of men and machine to clear
the highway and successful open the road for vehicular traffic, but
unfortunately the land near Batote start sinking from yesterday night due to
which the highway between Ramban-Jammu again blocked.
He further said
that if weather remains dry it will take two more hour to clear the road adding
that after which the passengers and tourists who were stranded in district
Ramban will allowed to moved to their destination.

“Our first
priority is to make sure that the stranded passengers will reach their
destination safely after that the administration will allow the vehicular
traffic from both side on national highway” DDC added.
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