Gadkari wrote; “Chaired a review meeting on the status of NH-44 with Chief Minister of J&K, Shri @OmarAbdullah Ji, and senior officers of the UT Administration in Delhi today”.
Highlighting the difficulties faced by fruit growers and traders due to prolonged closure of the highway, the chief minister urged the Union minister uninterrupted passage for heavy vehicles.
Hundreds of fruit laden trucks are stranded on the highway that has remained mostly shut after being badly damaged by the 26 August landslides and flash-floods.
Apple growers are incurring huge losses as trucks laden with fruits are stranded at various locations on Srinagar-Jammu highway, says PCC chief Vikar Rasool Wani.
The toll plaza, set up on May 7, has been collecting toll tax from every vehicle using the highway except those of security forces, ambulances, funeral vans, fire services and vehicles used by VIPs.
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