All vehicles carrying relief material from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir have been exempted from paying user fee at Toll Plazas on national highways on production of exemption certificates issued by the office of the Principal Resident Commissioner at J & K house here.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has authorized the State Principal Resident Commissioner at the J & K house in New Delhi to issue exemption certificates to vehicles carrying such relief material from Delhi to Jammu till 24th of this month.
The decision has been taken on the request of some organizations mobilizing relief material to help the people in flood affected areas of the state.
The Minister of Road Transport & highways and Rural Development, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Shri Nitin Gadkari is expected to visit the flood affected areas of Jammu & Kashmir in the next few days for an on-the-spot survey of the damaged roads, especially the rural roads built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).
With water levels receding in Kashmir valley, the centre has begun an assessment of the magnitude of the damage caused to the road network in the state by the unprecedented floods.
The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation has been airlifting drinking water bottles for the flood victims and has also dispatched water purification plants of four lakh litres per day capacity to help augment drinking water supply in the valley.
A senior official from the ministry is coordinating the supply of drinking water to the relief and rehabilitation camps in J & K.
The Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has authorized the State Principal Resident Commissioner at the J & K house in New Delhi to issue exemption certificates to vehicles carrying such relief material from Delhi to Jammu till 24th of this month.
The decision has been taken on the request of some organizations mobilizing relief material to help the people in flood affected areas of the state.
The Minister of Road Transport & highways and Rural Development, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Shri Nitin Gadkari is expected to visit the flood affected areas of Jammu & Kashmir in the next few days for an on-the-spot survey of the damaged roads, especially the rural roads built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).
With water levels receding in Kashmir valley, the centre has begun an assessment of the magnitude of the damage caused to the road network in the state by the unprecedented floods.
The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation has been airlifting drinking water bottles for the flood victims and has also dispatched water purification plants of four lakh litres per day capacity to help augment drinking water supply in the valley.
A senior official from the ministry is coordinating the supply of drinking water to the relief and rehabilitation camps in J & K.
