Srinagar, Oct. 31 -- A senior minister in the Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday raised concern over the routine halting of civilian traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway (NH) to allow the movement of security force convoys. This adds to the list of politicians and legislators who have castigated the lieutenant governor administration for the frequent hardships people face daily while travelling in the Kashmir valley.

Health and medical education minister Sakina Itoo expressed her distress on the way ambulances remain stranded and students miss classes owing to the road closure every day.

"While travelling frequently on the Srinagar-Anantnag-Kulgam-Qazigund national highway, it is deeply distressing to see ambulances strand...