Land Subsidence: 50 Houses Develop Cracks, Ramban-Gool Road Collapses
Authorities are working to shorten the travel time between Jammu and Srinagar from 9-10 hours to 4-5 hours by constructing more tunnels, bridges, and viaducts. But residents and experts blame extensive tunnelling, excavation and bridge construction in the sensitive Pir Panchal mountains as a potential causes of the land subsidence.