People Launch Forum For Mughal Road

To counter elements inimical to the construction of the Mughal Road, residents of Shopyan have launched a Forum campaign in favour of resuming work on the crucial project.

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The road. which takes off from Shopyan and leads to the Poonch district links the Kashmir valley to the Jammu province and is an alternative to the existing, but unreliable, Srinagar-Jammu Highway.

Ever since the central government cleared the project, it has been facing roadblock of various sorts, including environmental concerns voiced by certain quarters, but last month the Supreme Court had ruled that attempts to halt work on the road were illegal.