{"id":31250,"date":"2026-09-26T02:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=31250"},"modified":"2026-09-26T02:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T02:16:00","slug":"no-approved-proposal-to-widen-srinagar-yousmarg-road-via-chadoora-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/no-approved-proposal-to-widen-srinagar-yousmarg-road-via-chadoora-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"No approved proposal to widen Srinagar-Yousmarg road via Chadoora: Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Says route carries substantial, growing traffic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Srinagar, Sep 25 (KNO): <\/strong>The Jammu and Kashmir Government has said there is currently no approved proposal for upgradation or widening of the Srinagar-Yousmarg road via Chadoora, even as it acknowledged that the route carries substantial and growing traffic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The matter was raised by Chadoora MLA Ali Mohammad Dar through a question in the Legislative Assembly, seeking the status of any proposal for widening and strengthening the road, particularly congested and vulnerable stretches. The question was listed among the Assembly&#8217;s road-related matters on September 25.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its reply, the Public Works (R&amp;B) Department, said the road is an important corridor connecting Srinagar with Charar-i-Sharief, Pakharpora and Yousmarg, and carries substantial vehicular traffic, including local commuters and visitors travelling to religious shrines and tourist destinations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government said the stretch under PMGSY Kashmir from Charar-i-Sharief to Kanidajan Chowk is performing satisfactorily. However, the route as a whole carries a substantial and growing daily traffic volume, while its narrow\/intermediate-lane configuration, particularly around Chadoora town, results in congestion during periods of heavy traffic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding widening or upgradation, the department stated that at present there is no approved proposal for upgradation, widening or strengthening of the road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MLA had sought details about the proposed length, estimated cost, scope of work and timeline if any such assessment or proposal was under consideration<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says route carries substantial, growing traffic Srinagar, Sep 25 (KNO): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has said there is currently no approved proposal for upgradation or widening of the Srinagar-Yousmarg road via Chadoora, even as it acknowledged that the route carries substantial and growing traffic. The matter was raised by Chadoora MLA Ali Mohammad Dar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31251,"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":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31250","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=31250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31252,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31250\/revisions\/31252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}