Taking serious note of accidents in the Chenab region, J&K HC directs the government to constitute a Committee of Experts (CoE) to ascertain reasons for repeated road mishaps in this hilly region.
Three senior officials and a driver of the Roads and Buildings Department were killed after their vehicle skidded off road and plunged into a deep gorge in Doda district on Monday. Expressing grief, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh termed the deaths a huge loss.
Senior officers of the R&B department were on their way to a spot when the ill-fated vehicle fell into a deep gorge due to due to low visibility because of the foggy conditions and heavy rain.