'Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway normal'

NEW DELHI: With protests by residents of the Kashmir valley and Jammu showing no signs of letting up, the Army on Tuesday assured that it was committed to ensuring that "no disruptions" were caused to vehicular traffic between both regions in the border state.
    
"The Army is committed to ensuring that no disruptions are caused to vehicular movement between Jammu and Valley regions of Jammu and Kashmir," Army spokesperson Lt Col AK Mathur said here in a statement.
    
Mathur said despite the disturbed situation in the valley and Jammu regions, the Army, as per the role assigned to it, had ensured that the NH1A remained open to civilian traffic.     

"Normal vehicular traffic has continued on the Srinagar-Jammu road for the past over three weeks. Even on Monday, when call for 'bandh' and 'chakka jam' was issued in Jammu, and call for defying curfew orders were given by the separatists in the valley, over 1,000 civilian vehicles moved unhindered and unharmed between Srinagar and Jammu," he said.
    
A total of 694 vehicles moved to Srinagar, while 391 vehicles moved to Jammu. The vehicular traffic comprised mostly (over 75 per cent) of trucks and oil tankers, and the rest were light vehicles and passenger buses, Mathur added.