19/04/2015
Traffic will run of Srinagar Ladakh National Highway 1D by 25th April: Mohan Lal
Shotopa/Kargil/18-04-15: In the last week of April 2015 Srinagar Ladakh National Highway 1D will be opened for traffic.
Today Chief Engineer VIJAYAK Mohan Lal visited Zero Point Gumri the meeting point from both sides, who declared that the road from Kargil side has been cleared for one way traffic.
Talking to our correspondent Anayat Ali, Mohan Lal said that with in next four days Project Beacon will also complete the work and the road will opened for vehicular traffic from 25th tentively subject to weather condition.
The snow clearance work on the strategically important Srinagar Ladakh National Highway 1D is going on from both side by Project VIJAYAK from Kargil Side and Project Beacon from Srinagar Side.
He said that BRO Invest Rupees 30-40 Lakh for clearing snow from the 40 Km Patch from Drass to Gumri Zero Point.
He congratulated the team of VIJAYAK for the achievement and appreciated the team which comprises mostly of local youths from Drass and presented sweets to them.
He directed the team to start widening the road for double traffic and hoped that in few days expected avalanches on key point will occur which will ease the movement later.
Mohan Lal told that the Bridge at Matayen Nallah has been installed and operated today as this year the water level in the river is huge which will increase in days to come and to overcome this river crossing problem the bridge has been installed earlier.
Answering the question about any reorganization from the State Government to his Boys for such a tremendous Job Chief Engineer told that his teams feels immense pleasure in connecting the people of Ladakh as well as Indian Army with the rest of the world which is the best reward.
It is pertinent to mention here that Ladakh is cutoff from rest of world from the last five months and people in Ladakh are eagerly waiting for the opening of the road as there is shortage of many essential commodities.
He was accompanied by Col P Kumar of 55 RCC, Lt Col Sharma and Major Sumit Shinde.