Beacon has again missed the deadline to complete widening of the 7.5-kilometre stretch of Srinagar-Baramulla highway from Shalteng to Narbal. It was in 2007 that work on four-laning this 7.5-kilometre stretch was allotted to Beacon by the Union Government. However, since then, the agency had missed several deadlines. Due to non-completion of the Shalteng-Narbal stretch, frequent traffic jams on a daily basis were being witnessed on the national highway, which had been causing hardship to commuters. On July 25, Beacon assured the Jammu and Kashmir Government of completing the second…
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