Residents seek revival of Namak Road
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service
Rajouri, January 18
At a time when one of the allies of the coalition government is mulling to restore traditional routes with Pakistan, residents of the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch have sought opening of one of the oldest road, linking with the neighbouring country.
Popularly known as Namak Road, it used to serve a major trade route to Pakistan and traders used to travel to the state and erstwhile western Punjab in Pakistan via this road.
Traders used to carry salt from the salt hills of Jhelum in Punjab to Kashmir. According to historians, Akbar conquered Kashmir via this 303 km-long route and since then this route connects Gujarat to Lahore, Bimbar and Nowshera in Pakistan and Rajouri, Peer-Ki-Gali, Hirpura, Kanipur and Srinagar in India.
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