SRINAGAR: Taking serious note of frequent road accidents in the hilly areas of Chenab Valley, a Division Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh comprising Acting Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice Rajesh Sekhri has directed the Government to constitute a Committee of Experts (CoE) to ascertain reasons and file Action Taken Report (ATR) by or before next date of hearing.
On December 17, a social activist Asif Iqbal Butt of Kahara in Doda district wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court requesting for taking suo-moto cognizance of increasing road accidents in the hilly terrain of Chenab Valley.
