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Mufti opens elite Gupkar road to commonman
Srinagar, July 08: In a bid to strengthen his pro-people image, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has opened the elite Gupkar Road to the commonman and initiated work on the first fly-over of the Valley which would go a long way in solving the traffic woes of people here.
Srinagar, July 08: In a bid to strengthen his pro-people image, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has opened the elite Gupkar Road to the commonman and initiated work on the first fly-over of the Valley which would go a long way in solving the traffic woes
of people here.
Gupkar road was thrown open to public on last Sunday much
to the delight of the residents of Dalgate and Boulevard Road
along the Dal Lake, signalling an end to exaggerated security
concerns.
The state government took the decision following massive traffic jams on the Boulevard Road in the evenings as the two lane road was not capable of holding the flow of traffic, officials said here. With the tourist arrivals picking up of late, the Boulevard Road lining the Dal Lake used to wear the look of a metropolitan, being over-crowded in the evenings to allow smooth flow of traffic.
It was pathetic that thousands of people had to suffer for the comfort of a few, said Ishtiyaq Ahmad, who works at a restaurant on the Boulevard. He said opening up of the alternate road leading to favourite tourist spots had reduced the pressure on the Boulevard by as much as 70 per cent.
Now we have only tourists and local residents plying from Dalgate to Cheshmashahi crossing and those who live in areas further up take the alternate route, said Mohammad Yousuf, a houseboat owner in the Dal Lake.
Bureau Report
The state government took the decision following massive traffic jams on the Boulevard Road in the evenings as the two lane road was not capable of holding the flow of traffic, officials said here. With the tourist arrivals picking up of late, the Boulevard Road lining the Dal Lake used to wear the look of a metropolitan, being over-crowded in the evenings to allow smooth flow of traffic.
It was pathetic that thousands of people had to suffer for the comfort of a few, said Ishtiyaq Ahmad, who works at a restaurant on the Boulevard. He said opening up of the alternate road leading to favourite tourist spots had reduced the pressure on the Boulevard by as much as 70 per cent.
Now we have only tourists and local residents plying from Dalgate to Cheshmashahi crossing and those who live in areas further up take the alternate route, said Mohammad Yousuf, a houseboat owner in the Dal Lake.
Bureau Report