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Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police Issue Fresh Highway Plan
The Story in Brief
The Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police has issued a fresh traffic plan for the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) and other major roads, advising commuters to travel during daylight hours due to single-lane stretches, construction work and nomadic herds. Very slow movement was recorded on NH-44 between 6pm on 7 November and 6pm on 8 November because of single-lane conditions at Dawal in Udhampur and between Marog and Kishtwari Pather, as well as two vehicle breakdowns.
On NH-44, passenger vehicles, private cars and goods carriers will be allowed in both directions on 9 November subject to weather and road conditions. Kashmir-bound oil and gas tankers face restrictions on the Digdol-Khooni Nallah stretch between 7am and 7pm due to NHAI widening work. Tankers carrying inflammable material may move beyond Chenani only after 5pm. On NH-244, the Kishtwar-Sinthan-Anantnag road, LMVs and private cars are permitted in both directions with cut-off timings. The Traffic Police urged commuters to confirm road status from control rooms before starting journeys.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The advisory effectively maps the degradation of NH-44 into a bottleneck where construction, nomadic movement and breakdowns compound delays. Single-lane stretches at Dawal and between Marog and Kishtwari Pather are the pinch points, and the window for heavy vehicle movement on NH-44 is now constrained: tankers carrying inflammable material can run only after 5pm until 5am on the Chenani stretch. The restrictions shift risk and cost onto operators of perishable goods and livestock carriers, who must plan loading around the advisory. What remains unresolved is how long NHAI’s widening work will keep these restrictions in place, the advisory names no completion date.
Source: kashmirlife.net
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