Jammu, July 28 : Taking notice of the inconvenience caused to road traffic on account of the damage to Tarnah Nallah bridge in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh requested Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to pass necessary instructions for stoppage of Jammu Mail at Chhan Rorian Railway Station.

Notably, the bridge on Tarnah Nallah on Jammu-Pathankot National Highway, near Dayalachak suffered damages due to overflowing of the Ujh River on July 19.

“In view of the inconvenience caused to road traffic on account of the damage to Tarnah Nallah bridge on NH-4 in district #Kathua, a request has been made to the Railway Ministry to issue instructions for the stoppage of ‘Jammu Mail’ Train No. 14033/14034 at Railway Station ‘Chhan Rorian’ of district #Kathua in J&K,” Dr Singh tweeted.

In a letter addressed to Ashwini Vaishnaw, Dr Singh has requested that it may be addressed urgently in view of the fact that alternative national highway roads in the region have suddenly been disrupted because of the collapse of a road bridge on Tarnah Nallah due to the current flash floods.

“Since the people of the region are facing gross inconvenience, the decision to order Railway to stop at Chhan Rorian, even though temporarily for the time being, will go a long way in mitigating their suffering till the damaged road bridge is restored,” he said in the letter.

“May I also mention here for your kind reference that the Jammu Mail Train stop at this same station of `Chhan Rorian’ existed earlier also before the onset of COVID pandemic,” Dr. Singh said.