SRINAGAR : Hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers, who were stranded at Jammu for the past one week, left for the Kashmir Valley as the Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained open for one-way traffic. Though there were fresh landslides, but the highway, connecting the Valley with the rest of the country, remained open since yesterday afternoon after remaining closed for about four days. Hundreds of vehicles left stranded different parts of the Jammu region for the Valley, a traffic police official told UNI. He said about 600 vehicles have crossed the Jawahar tunnel and more vehicles are on way to Kashmir. Large number of trucks, carrying essentials, particularly vegetables and sheep and goats are also on way to Srinagar. No vehicle was allowed from Kashmir to Jammu today to avoid traffic jam and accidents, he said. The highway remained closed for about four days. However, it was reopened in between for brief periods after the Border Roads Organistion (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway cleared the landslides by putting into service men and sophisticated machines. Almost all vehicles, mostly empty trucks and oil tankers, which were stranded on this side of the Jawahar tunnel for the past about a week were allowed to move towards Jammu yesterday. Similarly some of the vehicles, where were stopped at Batote and other places on other side of the tunnel were also cleared till late last night. Official sources said only one-way traffic will be allowed on the highway till further orders as BRO were on job to widen the road where it had been damaged by landslides in March. (AGENCIES)
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