SRINAGAR : Traffic was partially resumed for light passenger vehicles on 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway after remaining closed due to landslides yesterday.
Only light passenger vehicles from Jammu to Srinagar were allowed today, a traffic police official said.
It was decided to allow only light passenger vehicles from Jammu to Srinagar today, he said, adding that decision to allow heavy vehicles will be taken as and when a green signal is received from officials posted at different places.
However, no vehicle will be allowed from Srinagar to Jammu today. He said traffic on the highway was resumed at 0900 hrs after the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway, partially removed the landslides at Mehar nallah Ramban today.
However, all vehicles had to cross Nagrota by 1100 hrs and no Kashmir-bound vehicle will be allowed after the deadline, a senior traffic police official said.
However, hundreds of Kashmir-bound heavy vehicles, including those carrying essentials, particularly fresh vegetables, meat, chicken and other articles, remained stranded at different places while large number of empty trucks and oil tankers have been stopped on this side of the Jawahar tunnel.
Traffic on the highway was closed yesterday due to major landslides during the night intervening February 27 and 28 at Mehar nullah Ramban. The BRO immediately put into service sophisticated machines to put through the traffic.
However, there is a forecast for fresh rain during the next 48 hours. Traffic on the Kashmir highway has been disrupted frequently due to snowfall and landslides besides slippery road conditions since first heavy snowfall on January 6, leading to shortage of some essentials or their price rise.
Meanwhile, the historic Mughal road, which is seen as alternative to highway, connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country remained closed while dozens of far-flung and remote areas, particularly near the Line of Control (LoC), also remained cut off from their respective district headquarters in north Kashmir.
The Ladakh region also remained cut off from Kashmir due to closure of the highway since last year due to accumulation of snow. (agencies)
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