SRINAGAR : The national highway, connecting the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, remained closed for the fifth day today as a precautionary measure because of curfew and tension in different parts of Jammu region.
However, Army convoy and vehicles carrying Amarnath pilgrims from Jammu were allowed on the highway since yesterday morning
Official sources confirmed that a number of vehicles, including carrying passengers and empty trucks and loaded with fruits were allowed from here late last night to cover the areas still under curfew before sunrise.
However, no vehicle from Kashmir or Jammu was allowed on the highway as a precautionary measure during the day.
The highway was closed on Saturday following tension at several places on the other side of the Jawahar tunnel after clashes at Kishtwar on Friday in which three people were killed and several others injured.
A traffic police official said that no vehicle was being allowed from Srinagar to Jammu.
Traffic will be resumed as and when a green signal is received from traffic police personnel deployed at different places on the highway, he said.
This is for the second time the highway was closed because of protests and tension during the past one month.
Last month, people protested at several places on the highway after four people were killed and several others were injured after BSF allegedly opened fire in Gool area of Ramban district.
(AGENCIES)
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