Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 18: Former MLA and Coordinator AICC Vichar Vibhag Ashok Sharma has sought the intervention of Prime Minister to impress upon the Union Urban Development and Railways Ministers to start Jammu and Srinagar Metro Rail Projects on top priority.
In a press statement issued here today, Sharma former legislator pleaded that the city of temples (Jammu) has been recorded as the second grabious city in the world with regard to traffic congestion and pollution whereas, the city of Srinagar described as heaven on the earth by great writer Kalhan can not be compared to the other cities in the country because of its unique identification.
He pointed out that over every year crore tourists visit the Holy shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi and five to seven lakhs to Shri Amarnath ji shrine. Over 15 lakh tourists are also visiting Kashmir, Ladakh and other parts of the State. It adds to the severe traffic jams in these major cities. Due to such interruptions the public life gets halted, he added.
Sharma, a former member of the Advisory Group of Northern Railways claimed that the Jammu Metro project along with rail link to Rajouri-Poonch is being sidelined despite being declared as National project at one point of time for no substantial reasons. He demanded that Prime Minister should intervene into the matter.
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