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J&K govt blocking of a highway
Relevance
• Mains Paper 3 : External State & Non-State Actors: Challenges To Internal Security. • Objective level : Areas and highway mentioned • Subjective level : Security challenges in J&K
• 1. Consider the following statements regarding the Article 35A of the Constitution which is often seen in news: • 1) Article 35A empowers the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define “permanent residents”. 2) It is added to the Constitution through a Presidential Order.
• Which of the following statements is true? • a. Both 1 and 2 b. Only 1 c. Only 2 d. Neither 1 nor 2
Why in News?
• The J&K govt. issued an order banning the movement of civilian traffic on a 270-km stretch (Udhampur-Baramulla) of the Jammu-Srinagar-Uri national highway for two days every week.
• Jammu-Srinagar-Uri national highway (NH-1A)
Why is the highway important?
• Road link that connects Kashmir to the outside world • The highway, directly and indirectly, impacts a population of over 69 lakh.
Govt. Reasons
• The government has cited the recent suicide bombing of a security forces convoy in Pulwama — which killed 40 CRPF personnel — as the reason for restricting traffic.
• Lockdown
Implications
• Closing the highway during daytime would mean that most government and private offices, banks, schools and colleges would remain shut on Wednesdays and the movement of people to hospitals would be severely restricted on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Another viable option
• Had the government decided to move security convoys at night, the impact on civilian traffic movement could have been much less.
• Train Journey • Specific hours
• 1. Consider the following statements regarding the Article 35A of the Constitution which is often seen in news: • 1) Article 35A empowers the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define “permanent residents”. 2) It is added to the Constitution through a Presidential Order.
• Which of the following statements is true? • a. Both 1 and 2 b. Only 1 c. Only 2 d. Neither 1 nor 2
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