Taking to Twitter, Mufti said that she has requested the Union Minister to initiate construction of the Mughal road tunnel which he had earlier assured her when she met him as Chief Minister in 2017.
Department of Information and public relations in a statement said that the bus service from Poonch to the Kashmir Valley was high on the demand of local people and the same has been started to facilitate the public to take advantage of the Mughal Road on affordable fares.
Higher reaches of the Pir Panjal range received fresh snowfall following which the local authorities have been carried out snow clearing operations at the Mughal Road,which connects Rajouri and Poonch districts with Kashmir.
Notably, every year by ending March, thousands of nomads begin their annual seasonal journey with lakhs of sheep and goats from the Jammu region to reach the Kashmir valley.
The Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police on Saturday morning informed that traffic was playing smoothly on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway whereas the Mughal road and SSG road are closed.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 22 (ANI): The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blocked for traffic movement on Wednesday due to landslides from hilltops at several places.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta on Tuesday demanded the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to rename the existing roads named after Mughal emperors in the Lutyens' Delhi with various Indian personalities.
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 7 (ANI): As the snow clearance operation ended on Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir's historical Mughal road, which was closed since January first week due to heavy snowfall, is set to reopen soon in Jammu and Kashmir.
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 19 (ANI): Snow clearance operation has started on a massive scale to clear the Mughal Road. The operation was carried out under the Mechanical and PWD Mughal Road wing with the latest heavy machinery.
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 23 (ANI): Following overnight snowfall in the Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kashmir authorities have ordered the closure of Mughal Road in the Poonch district for vehicular movement.