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Konkan Railway Engineers of Ramban, Jammu & Kashmir played a vital role in assisting stranded passengers on the National Highway (NH) 1A during the time of closure of road due to heavy snowfall and landslides during the last 10 days.
These engineers provided food, shelter and medicines to 123 stranded passengers including 33 women and 25 children, though there was no power, no water supply and also there was shortage of essential commodities. In addition to this, they also provided water and medicine to the truck drivers.
Details of stranded people accommodated during heavy snowfall on NH 1A are,
Name of the consultant Engineer
No. of stranded people accommodated
No. of days
Men
Women
Children
Total
Farooq Ahmed
3
2
1
6
8
Abdul Rashid
2
1
1
4
8
Yonus Wani
4
2
3
9
8
Tariq Ahmed
2
2
2
6
8
Sareer Ahmed
2
2
2
6
8
Imtiyaz Ahmed Malik
12
4
6
22
8
Zahoor Ahmed
10
5
2
17
8
Mohammed Yaqoob
8
3
1
12
8
Abdul Qayoom
6
3
2
11
8
Ishfaq
3
2
1
6
8
Mohammed Arif
3
2
1
6
8
Abdul Majeed
4
2
1
7
8
Shafiq
2
1
0
3
8
Liyaqat
2
2
0
4
8
Jagdish (Office Boy)
2
0
2
4
8
TOTAL
65
33
25
123
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