Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 8: With snowfall blocking important highways and roads during winter, the Border Roads Organisation has got high-tech snow clearance and cutting machines that can clear one kilometre of snow in just three hours.
The snowfall in winter blocks important strategic roads including Srinagar-Leh, Jammu-Srinagar, Gurez-Bandipora and Kupwara-Karnah highways which would take lot of time for clearance due to inadequacy of modern equipments .
BRO officials said that seven high-tech machines, snow cutter FRESIA have been purchased from Italy for the swift snow cutting and clearance of these important highways and passes. While conforming BRO official said that four of the high tech equipments have been received and the rest of these machines will be imported soon.
Officials said the new machines have been put for use at Jawahar tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Tregbal in Bandipora- Gurez road, Nawgam in Handwara and Sadhna Pass in Tanghdar, Kupwara.
“These machines are state-of-the-art snow clearance equipments which will make clearance of highways easier and swift. With tremendous speed, these new machines can operate at an altitude of even 18500 fts and above and can has the capability of clearing 5000 tons of snow per hour,” BRO officials said.
Officials said the capacity of the new machines is that it can clear 1.5 meter high accumulated snow and 300 meter long in an hour. About one kilometre of the snow covered road will be cleared by the equipment in just three to four hours .
“BRO men will be trained to operate these machines by the experts from Italy. These new machines will be commissioned and inducted in the on-going winter season,” they said.
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