Cargo load on Leh road increased to 8 tonnes

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The government has increased the Cargo load of trucks plying on Srinagar- Leh National Highway to 8 tonnes. According to a Government Order issued by the Secretary to Government, Transport Department, the enhanced load would be exclusive of petrol tank. Earlier, the official permissible load on this stretch of National Highway was only 7 metric tonnes. This follows the representations made to the Minister for Transport and CA&PD Qamar Ali Akhoon that the permissible load should be increased, falling which the matter was discussed at a meeting chaired by the Minister in which Transport Commissioner, Secretary Transport, Inspector General of Police Traffic and Chief Engineer BRO and Special Secretary Transport were also present.