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Spectacle of train on road baffles many
Hizb militant killed,
cop kidnapped
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Spectacle of train on road baffles many
Nagrota (Jammu), October 31 The broad-gauge rail coach is one of the 24 that will be taken to Srinagar for running a local train within the valley in coming February. The coach is running not on iron wheels and rail track, but on the road with truck tyres. It was an unbelievable sight for many who woke up amidst the noise of the excited youngsters when the train passed through small hamlets. The trial coach is expected to cover the 300 km to Budgam in Kashmir in about 15 days. The rail coach that is being pulled by a 460 horsepower special trailer truck hit the highway at 7 in the morning amidst mantras by the priest. However, the rail coach had to stop here for the night after covering a distance of about 14 km as the triangle on the highway across the Nandni tunnel had to be broken to make way for the nearly 102 ft. long coach and trailer-truck. It took almost five hours for it to cover the distance up to this place. Mr Shiv Ram, Divisional Engineer (Mechanical), Northern Railways, told The Tribune that the road at that point would be made worthy of the coach being driven from there tomorrow morning. The exercise that was first of its kind in the history of the Railway has generated a lot of interest among the locals. A snag had prevented the coach from reaching the highway yesterday. The Vaishno Devi pilgrims and motorists were dumbfounded as they stopped on the highway to witness the rail coach running on the serpentine road. Joginder Singh, the driver of the trailer-truck pulling the 70 ft long coach, proudly waved to the onlookers as he steered the vehicle. He said he had been carrying heavy equipment for the construction of power and industrial projects elsewhere in the country, but this was for the first time that he was pulling a rail coach on the mountainous highway. The truck tyres will be replaced with iron wheels for running on the rail track once the coach reaches Budgam. The experiment of driving the rail coach on the highway has been necessitated due to the commitment of the Centre of running the local train within Kashmir valley in February next. The Railway was spending about Rs 15 lakh on the transportation of each coach to the valley. These could have been driven to the valley through the rail link that was being constructed right up to Srinagar from Jammu, but that would take a couple of years to be completed.
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Hizb militant killed,
cop kidnapped
Srinagar, October 31 During a search security forces seized arms, including 16 pistols, 32 magazines, 750 rounds, 120 pika rounds, 57 hand grenades and 35 UBGL grenades at Maidan Post near Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir last evening. Hizb militant, Noor Mohammad, alias Javed Barki, was killed in an encounter between a joint party of the state police and security forces and militants at Nandna village in Doda district of Jammu region last evening, the spokesman said. One pistol, two magazines and five rounds were seized from the slain militant, he added. Militants abducted three persons, including a constable, from Shadole, Gulabgarh in Udhampur district of Jammu region last evening, the spokesman said, adding militants later killed one of them, identified as Nissar Ahmad, and wounded another Bashir Ahmad before leaving the area. However, constable Abdul Rehman of the Gool Police Station was still in the captivity of militants. A manhunt has been launched in the area to trace the kidnapped and the abductors. Four militants set ablaze the house of Ali Mohammad at the Lancha sector in Mahore area of Doda district last evening after forcing the residents out. The fire soon engulfed a nearby house. Militants took away an Indica car of Suneel Kumar from Kareemabad in south Kashmir district of Pulwama last evening. The Police had launched a hunt to trace the car. Security forces apprehended a suspected militant at Tantraypor Tangmarg in Baramula district and seized two hand grenades, one AK magazine and 10-rounds from him. In a search at Bajla Khari in Doda district last evening, security forces seized four AK magazines, 75 rounds, two UBGL shells and one antenna.
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