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Jammu-Srinagar Highway Blockade Exposes Cracks In NHAI’s Engineering

Experts believe that the "wrong" realignment of the vital Srinagar-Jammu highway aimed at easing travel, has exposed the thoroughfare to landslides triggered by heavy rains.

Srinagar : The recent closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway (44) for three weeks due to landslides caused losses to the apple industry in Kashmir, evoking sharp criticism against the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for its engineering and lack of expert consultation for the highway expansion and realignment.

The 277 kilometer highway, which snakes along the foot of the young and fragile Himalayan mountains from Banihal to Udhampur, was realigned, reconstructed in 2014, with widening of the existing stretches

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