Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Trains back on rails in Jammu
As Punjab showed signs of limping back to normalcy after a spate of violence, the rail traffic from Jammu was fully restored today. Inter-state bus service, however, even on the second day could not be resumed.
Meanwhile, the problems of over 40,000 passengers stranded at Jammu Railway Station and Bus stand were still far from over. There were problems galore for this stuck up lot, both at Railway Station as well as Bus stand on different accounts.
Scene was in particular chaotic at Jammu Bus Stand from where till late evening no inter-state bus had left for its destination. According to officials, out of around 220 buses comprising both government owned and private, which ply daily, only few Kullu-Manali bound-SRTC buses left for their destination.
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Meanwhile, the problems of over 40,000 passengers stranded at Jammu Railway Station and Bus stand were still far from over. There were problems galore for this stuck up lot, both at Railway Station as well as Bus stand on different accounts.
Scene was in particular chaotic at Jammu Bus Stand from where till late evening no inter-state bus had left for its destination. According to officials, out of around 220 buses comprising both government owned and private, which ply daily, only few Kullu-Manali bound-SRTC buses left for their destination.
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Labels: bus services, jammu, jammu railway station, passengers, punjab violence, rail traffic, railway station, trains
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Matador falls into Chenab, 12 killed
Ten passengers were killed and two others were washed away when their rashly-driven matador plunged into the river Chenab at Karara near Prem Nagar on DodaKishtwar road this afternoon. Fourteen passengers were injured in the mishap out of which seven injured were air-lifted to the Government Medical College (GMC) hospital.
Police reports said that the ill-fated matador bearing registration number JK06 0743 was on its way from Thathri to Doda this afternoon when the driver lost control over the vehicle and it skidded off the road and plunged into the river Chenab at Karara, 18 kilometers away from Doda near Prem Nagar at 2.45 PM.
After spinning on ground, the matador nose dived into the river waters, eyewitnesses said, adding that, two passengers were seen floating in the water and they were not traced yet. Twenty six passengers were travelling in the ill-fated matador.
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Police reports said that the ill-fated matador bearing registration number JK06 0743 was on its way from Thathri to Doda this afternoon when the driver lost control over the vehicle and it skidded off the road and plunged into the river Chenab at Karara, 18 kilometers away from Doda near Prem Nagar at 2.45 PM.
After spinning on ground, the matador nose dived into the river waters, eyewitnesses said, adding that, two passengers were seen floating in the water and they were not traced yet. Twenty six passengers were travelling in the ill-fated matador.
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Labels: DodaKishtwar road, injured, Matador falls, passengers, river Chenab
Friday, September 5, 2008
23 feared dead as bus falls into Chenab
Another major accident occurred on KishtwarBatote National Highway near Kulgadi Drabshalla today in which ten persons including four women were killed, twenty two others sustained injuries and thirteen were feared dead as they went missing in river Chenab. The overloaded matador carrying at-least forty five passengers skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge when the driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve at Drabshalla few kilometers short of Thathri this morning.
This is the second major accident in last four months as earlier on May 8, 2008, a bus met with an accident that too just few meters away from the present accident spot in which forty persons died on the spot.
Police reports said that an overloaded matador bearing registration number JK06760 which was on its way from Kishtwar to Thathri met with an accident and fell down in the river Chenab at Kulgadi Drabshalla.
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This is the second major accident in last four months as earlier on May 8, 2008, a bus met with an accident that too just few meters away from the present accident spot in which forty persons died on the spot.
Police reports said that an overloaded matador bearing registration number JK06760 which was on its way from Kishtwar to Thathri met with an accident and fell down in the river Chenab at Kulgadi Drabshalla.
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Labels: accident, Chenab, driver, feared, Government Medical College, injuries, jammu, killed, Kishtwar, KishtwarBatote National Highway, Kulgadi Drabshalla, passengers, Thathri, treatment
Friday, August 1, 2008
Alleged attack on taxi driver, passengers sparks protest
Local taxi drivers today held a protest demonstration here against attack on their colleague and some passengers by the activists of Shiv Sainiks and BJP near Udhampur.
When the news spread here that some drivers and passengers were severely beaten up by the activists of Shiv Sainiks and BJP, large number of drivers took to the streets and shouted slogans against the incident. The protesters also shouted slogans against police alleging they have given free hand to the extremist elements in Jammu to beat Kashmiris and to damage their properties.
The agitated protesters said that Sartaj Ahmad Hajam a Tata Sumo driver was critically injured when Shiv Sainiks and BJP activists attacked his vehicle and severely beat him up and the rest of the passengers boarding the vehicle. The protesters said that police party was watching the whole scene from a short distance as mute spectators without bothering to rescue the hapless driver and the passengers.
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When the news spread here that some drivers and passengers were severely beaten up by the activists of Shiv Sainiks and BJP, large number of drivers took to the streets and shouted slogans against the incident. The protesters also shouted slogans against police alleging they have given free hand to the extremist elements in Jammu to beat Kashmiris and to damage their properties.
The agitated protesters said that Sartaj Ahmad Hajam a Tata Sumo driver was critically injured when Shiv Sainiks and BJP activists attacked his vehicle and severely beat him up and the rest of the passengers boarding the vehicle. The protesters said that police party was watching the whole scene from a short distance as mute spectators without bothering to rescue the hapless driver and the passengers.
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Labels: attack, colleague, incident, passengers, protest, Shiv Sainiks, slogans, taxi driver, Udhampur
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