Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Apr 15: The 110 kilometers Batote-Doda-Kishtwar highway connecting Jammu and other parts of the State got closed due to fresh landslide triggered due to rains at Kuligad area near Drabshalla today.
Vehicles carrying essential commodities including vegetables, fruits, ration, petrol and diesel got stranded on the highway due to fresh landslide at Kuligad near Drabshalla this evening.
Some of the people de-boarded their respective passenger vehicles and reached their destination by trekking through alternate mountainous routes.
The workers engaged in the restoration of the road had a narrow escape when fresh landslide took place due to rains.
As the shooting stones continued till late evening, the vehicular movement on the highway remained suspended.
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