400 Kashmir-bound people stranded at Jammu bus stand

Over 400 Kashmir-bound people are stranded here at the bus stand in view of the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway for the fourth day today.
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Choudhary Zulfkar Ali visited the stranded people to take stock of the arrangements put in place by the district administration for them.
The people are stuck in Jammu due to closure of Jammu- Srinagar National Highway and other intra-state roads following continuous rain and heavy snowfall in various parts of the state.
The minister directed a Langar (free kitchen) be started for the stranded passengers.

He also directed district administration to ensure adequate amenities including medicines are provided to stranded passengers besides keeping a strict vigil on prices of various commodities especially that the travel rates are kept genuine and affordable.
He issued the instructions after having an interaction with some stranded passengers who informed him that some people are trying to take unfair advantage of the situation, and are charging them more than their due amount.

The minister issued on spot instructions to IG Traffic to ensure that such people are brought to book and taught a lesson so that such incidents do not occur in future.

He issued orders for facilitating vehicular movement as and when the traffic resumes on highway connecting Jammu to Srinagar and other districts.
He also directed fixing of timing for allowing movement of civil traffic on national highway to facilitate coordination between transport agencies and stranded passengers.