As per report Jammu and Kashmir government announced on Wednesday that no civilian traffic would be allowed to ply on the national highway from Baramulla till Udhampur for two days every week. Meanwhile this comes in the backdrop of deadly car bomb attack that took place on February 14 on a CRPF convoy in south Kashmir's Pulwama.
An official spokesperson said "Keeping in view the large movement of Security Forces on the national highway during the Parliamentary Elections and associated possibility of any fidayeen (suicide) terror attack on convoys, no civilian traffic would be allowed on national highway on Sundays and Wednesdays". Reportedly there would be a complete ban on civilian traffic on the Highway during these two days from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hence this prohibition would be from Baramulla through Srinagar, Qazigund, Jawahar-Tunnel, Banihal and Ramban till Udhampur in Jammu.
Moreover the government has further decided that in the event of any requirement for local traffic movement for any emergency or for other purpose, the local administration and police would evolve necessary procedures for this as is done during curfew days. Apparently these restrictions would remain in force till 31 May, 2019. Perhaps Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his visit to Srinagar on February 15 had sought people's cooperation in halting movement of civilian vehicles while the forces' convoys move along the highways.
