SRINAGAR: Traffic on historic Mughal road, connecting Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region with south Kashmir was restored after remaining closed for about two days. The road was closed hours after it was thrown open on May 3 after remaining closed for about four months due to heavy snowfall and landslides.
Official sources told UNI that traffic on the road was restored yesterday after the landslides and shooting stones were cleared at Dugran in Bufliyaz area.
However, vehicles which had left Rajouri and Pooch on May 3 got stranded on the other side of the Dugran village due to landslides and shooting stones. Majority of the stranded vehicles were allowed to move towards Kashmir valley till last evening. Today traffic was allowed from Rajouri and Poonch to Shopian in south Kashmir, a traffic police official said.
He said earlier it was decided to allow traffic from Shopian to Jammu. But due to closure of the road, it was decided to allow traffic from Jammu to Shopian also, he added. (AGENCIES)
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