Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah slammed the Centre’s new diktat of closing down the Jammu-Srinagar Highway for all kinds of civilian traffic on every Sunday and Wednesday, and tweeted a letter written by a family, requesting permission to use the route to attend a wedding.The National Conference vice-president on Sunday lamented at the state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir and said, “This is what we have been reduced to to use our own roads. A family had to run from pillar to post to get this permission slip to use the highway so they could travel to Doda for a wedding ceremony. What will people face tomorrow.”A family of 13 has written a letter to the district magistrate, demanding that they be allowed to use the highway for two days to attend a wedding in Doda. The letter also mentions their vehicle numbers.The government has ordered the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway for all kinds of civilian traffic from Udhampur to Baramulla every Sunday and Wednesday in order to facilitate movement of security forces for Lok Sabha election duty. It will remain effective till May 31.National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has demanded the immediate roll back of the restrictions, while PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti termed the government’s decision as “wrong”. Mehbooba said her party will go to court against the ban order. “Kashmir belongs to Kashmiris. That they will have to seek permission to use their own roads, we will not allow this to happen. I appeal to people to defy this ban,” she said. (PTK)