Amarnath Yatra tracks widened
Srinagar, Nov 10: The Border Roads Organisation on Friday said it widened the “narrow and vulnerable” tracks leading up to the Amarnath shrine to make the movement of yatris travelling on foot/palkis/ponies more comfortable and convenient. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) recently released a video that showed the first set of vehicles reaching Amarnath after the road connectivity up to the cave shrine was expanded. “Project Beacon is involved in the restoration and improvement of Amarnath Yatra tracks. Border Roads (Organisation) personnel completed the formidable task and created history with the first set of vehicles reaching the holy cave,” the BRO had said in the post on its official handle on X. The news of vehicles reaching the cave shrine, however, triggered huge criticism. Political parties demanded a relook into allowing vehicles near the cave shrine and said the move would be detrimental to the environment. The work assigned to the BRO for maintenance and upgradation of the yatra track by the Union Territory government in September 2022 is going on at a steady pace. The Supreme Court, on a writ petition filed in 2012, issued directions for widening of the tracks to facilitate pedestrian traffic and address congestion. (PTI)
100 kg of ganja seized in J’khand
Jamshedpur, Nov 10: Two persons were arrested with 100kg of ganja worth over Rs 15 lakh during a vehicle-checking drive in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district, police said on Friday. According to police, the narcotics were seized from two cars on Jasola bridge, around 90 km from here, in Ghatsila subdivision. Acting on a tip off that a few people from Odisha were peddling the narcotics in two cars for sale in East Singhbhum district, SP (Rural) Rishabh Garg constituted a team to arrest them, officials said. During a vehicle checking drive on Jasola bridge on Thursday, police intercepted two vehicles and recovered 100kg of ganja. The SP said while two persons were arrested, two others fled leaving their vehicle behind. A case has been registered under relevant sections of NDPS Act. (PTI)