BANIHAL: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was reopened for traffic on Monday evening, hours after a massive landslide blocked the all-weather road in Ramban district, a senior police officer said.
The landslide struck the 270-km highway around 7.30 am near Battery Chashma along the Banihal-Ramban stretch, blocking the road which connects Kashmir to the rest of the country.
“After an over 11-hour long clearance operation, the road was opened for traffic and the stranded vehicles from both sides were allowed to move towards their destinations,” Ramban Senior Superintendent of Police Anita Sharma said.
She said a truck transporting apples is feared to have got caught in the landslide and rolled down into a 600-feet gorge near the site. The fate of its occupants is not known yet, she said.
“The rescuers including SDRF and civilian volunteers reached the mangled truck at the bottom of the gorge but failed to locate any body. The rescue operation is on,” Sharma said. (AGENCIES)
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