Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar Feb 10: The administration in Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district has banned the movement of horse carts within the municipal limits of the area saying it’s a move aimed to de-congest and eliminate the risk and pollution.
Several grievances were submitted to Lieutenant Governor’s office by the locals stating that the town mostly remains under a traffic jam and pedestrians remain under the threat of getting hit by horse carts.
The Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Sopore, Pervaiz Sajad Ganai said that the order for the ban on plying of horse carts has been issued to decongest the town and an alternate route map was given to their owners.
He said that horse carts plying within municipal were causing frequent traffic snarls. “These carts were not only the reasons for traffic jams but the horse buns lead to dirt and people’s movement never remained risk-free,” he said.
The ADC said that apart from the horse cart ban, vendors have been shifted to other places to ensure there is no traffic jam.
“We have given horse carts alternate routes but not the same where it often leads to traffic jams he said.
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