{"id":19632,"date":"2026-05-12T15:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=19632"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:57:32","slug":"dc-kulgam-reviews-road-safety-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/dc-kulgam-reviews-road-safety-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Kulgam reviews road safety measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Visits accident-prone Manigam crossing on NH-44<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KULGAM, MAY 12: Deputy Commissioner Kulgam, Shahzad Alam, on Tuesday visited the accident-prone Manigam Crossing on National Highway-44 to assess the prevailing situation and review the remedial measures required under road safety initiatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the visit, the DC took a comprehensive stock of the existing infrastructure and safety arrangements at the site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While interacting with the residents, the DC patiently listened to their concerns regarding the frequent road accidents at the location. The residents demanded the construction of a separate service road from Manigam Crossing to Nipora Crossing to streamline traffic movement and improve commuter safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Deputy Commissioner acknowledged the seriousness of the issue and directed the concerned engineering wings to conduct a detailed feasibility study and submit a comprehensive proposal for the development of a service road along the stretch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also stressed the need for immediate interim safety measures, including installation of proper signage, road markings, speed regulation mechanisms, and improved visibility arrangements to prevent further mishaps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Deputy Commissioner assured the public that all necessary steps would be taken on priority to minimise accident risks and ensure safer movement for commuters along the highway stretch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional Deputy Commissioner, Superintending Engineer (SE) R&amp;B, Executive Engineer (Xen) R&amp;B, representatives from NHAI and other concerned officials accompanied the Deputy Commissioner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visits accident-prone Manigam crossing on NH-44 KULGAM, MAY 12: Deputy Commissioner Kulgam, Shahzad Alam, on Tuesday visited the accident-prone Manigam Crossing on National Highway-44 to assess the prevailing situation and review the remedial measures required under road safety initiatives. During the visit, the DC took a comprehensive stock of the existing infrastructure and safety arrangements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19634,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19632\/revisions\/19634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}