Decades On, Vital road projects in limbo

With several road widening projects missing deadlines, the summer capital is facing major infrastructural deficit and grappling with space constraints to meet requirements of bulging traffic and human population. Major road projects in Srinagar including widening of Qamarwari-Shalteng road, Khanyar-Zadibal-Pandach (KZP), Syed Meerak Shah Road from Dalgate to Zakura were conceptualized decades back. Despite passing of several decades, they are nowhere completion. As per officials, Srinagar city is the main victim of the government’s “non-seriousness” to complete road projects. The major road widening projects in Srinagar district have been put…

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