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Dilapidated Roads: Cause of worry for commuters, leaving bad impression on tourists
Will start reparing in few days: CE R&B
Srinagar, June 07: With delay in macadamization, the dilapidated roads across the Kashmir valley are giving tough time to commuters, resulting tremendous hardships to them during travelling.
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The macadamization usually used to start from mid May but this year, it is yet to start the reasons best know to the authorities.
Not only the local commuters but also the tourists visiting different tourist spots including Dal Lake, Mughal Gardens and Gulmarg are also facing tough time because of bad roads, leaving bad impression on them.
“The roads are in mess. Their dilapidated condition is creating problems to the commuters. The macadamization should be have been undertaken, some 20-25 days before,” said a commuter, Arif Rashid a resident of Srinagar.
Keeping inview the flow of tourists and the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, which is believed to be bigger this year, the efforts should have been made to repair roads at an earliest, he said.
“We went to Dal Lake and Gulmarg, the roads are full of potholes. They cause tremendous inconvenience and sometimes result in mishaps,”said a tourist, Anil Kumar from Rajasthan at Nehru Park.
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The condition of roads leading to two main hospitals Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital is no different from other roads.
“The road should have been in a good condition. It is a busy road, not only used by commuters but by ambulances as well, coming from different districts. The road needs immediate repairs,” said a commuter Bashir Ahmad at Ali Jan road.
Talking to The Asian News Hub (ANH), Chief Engineer R&B, Rafiq Ahmad said macadamization will be started soon.
“There were some technical issues. We have resolved them. Within couple of days, the macadamization will be undertaken. Many of the city roads are to be macadamized by Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC),” he added.
The Vegetable market (Sabzi Mandi) in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was Thursday gutted in a massive blaze, officials said.
An official said that the fire broke out in the wee hours today, left about 10 vegetable carts gutted in the incident, adding that vegetables worth huge amount got damaged in the incident.
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The official said that Fire and Emergency Services reached the spot and doused the flames with the help of Police.
The famous tourist destinations including Gulmarg and Doodhpathri experienced fresh snowfall on Thursday while rains lashed plains, bringing the mercury down.
Reports said that several areas of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, which include Gulmarg and Doodhpatri as well.
The weatherman has predicted light to moderate rainfall at most places and light snowfall over middle and higher reaches today.
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Meanwhile, the night temperature improved across Kashmir with Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recording a minimum temperature of 5.3 degree Celsius.
The mercury in Qazigund settled at 5.0 degree Celsius while in Pahalgam it settled at 1.5 degree Celsius.
According to data, Konibal and Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 1.0 degree Celsius each.
National Institute of Technology Dargah Hazratbal and Islamia College of Science and Commerce Hawal, Srinagar have suspended all academic activities for the day.
According to a communique issued by Principal, Islamia College, “The classwork of all the semesters and internal examinations, including T-series shall remain off today (30-11-2023) and will be rescheduled w.e.f tomorrow 01-12-2023.”
However, backlog examinations of 3rd semester shall be conducted as per schedule, reads the communique.
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Soon after the announcement of Islamia College, the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar also announced the suspension of classwork for today.
According to a communique issued by Prof. Atikur Rehman, Incharge Registrar, NIT Srinagar, “This is to inform you that the Institute will observe a holiday on Thursday, November 30, 2023.”
All academic activities, including classes, examinations, and administrative work, shall remain suspended on 30/11/2023,” reads the communique.
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