TDF demands forest clearance to ensure road construction

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 5: President Thathri Development Front, Kuldeep Kumar Rao has urged upon the Lt. Governor, Manoj Sinha, J&K Chief Secretary and Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union MoS for according forest clearance of Suringa Morh-Jai link road without any further delay for taking up the suspended work on the link road immediately.
In a handout Rao said on 14 km Suringa Morh-Jai link road earth cutting work is already complete from Suringa Morh to village Joura Kalan – a distance of 4 kms while work from Joura Kalan to Jai which is 10 km stands suspended for want of forest clearance.
He said out of these 10 km, a stretch of one and half km from Joura Kalan to revenue village lower Shamdlain is tree-less though it falls in forest area and work on this stretch can be executed without any loss to forest and without any legal hindrance even before forest clearance for the whole.
Rao demanded orders of execution of work on the tree-less stretch of one and half km from Joura Kalan to lower Shamdlain so that locals of lower Shamdlain and village Kunthal may get the road facility.