Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday expressed concern over the frequent occurrence of fatal road accidents on Jammu- Srinagar highway, terming the 294 km road stretch nothing less than a death trap.
In a statement issued to KNS, senior PDP leader and Former R&B Minister Naeem Akhtar said that the present dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the central government have miserably failed in performing their duties due to which scores of people are being killed and the highway continues to remain a death trap for the passengers.
PDP leader added that the connectivity to Kashmir has unfortunately been reduced to minimum requirement of keeping supplies for security forces only and that civilian traffic, safety of passengers and everything else has gone haywire.
He added that the upgradation of national highway doesn’t make any sense unless the portion between Ramban and Banihal is fully tunneled. “This will be an exercise in futility because it will always remain a fair whether road. Fair weather is not only now restricted to the days when it snows and rains during winters- it is spreading now all over the year as the mountains have got further destabilized because of blasting and construction.