Project Vijayak’s mission: Clear snow along 434-km Srinagar-Leh route

Tribune News Service

Jammu, May 2

The Project Vijayak of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which is working on snow clearance of 434 km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway, has started clearing snow from the NH1D from Zero Point, Gumri, towards Srinagar today.

Col P Kumar, Commander, BRTF, Kargil, said the Project Vijayak completed its work on April, 17 from Drass to Ghumri and the snow clearance work from the Srinagar side by the Project Beacon was still pending, which had to do snow clearance work up to Zero Point from the Srinagar side.

Col P Kumar added that the Project Vijayak after clearing all avalanches on its side and widening the road for the passage of two vehicles at a time, started helping its sister organisation, Project Beacon so that the NH1D opened early and this also helped the people of Ladakh, which remained cut off from the rest of the country from about last four months.

Earlier, Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, Haji Mohammad Hanifa Jan directed the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kargil, and SDM, Drass, to give permission to those who are willing to travel through the Zojila at their own risk. They would be travelling in a vehicle up to Zero Point, after which they have to travel on foot. Thirtfive people crossed from Kargil to Srinagar and 15 vice versa.