Mughal Road closed, re-opened

A JCB clearing landslides near Chattapani on Mughal Road in Surankote area of Poonch on Saturday.
A JCB clearing landslides near Chattapani on Mughal Road in Surankote area of Poonch on Saturday.

Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, July 2: The Mughal Road was closed due to massive landslides near Chattapani area during this morning.
A police spokesman said that it was raining in the morning in the upper reaches of  Surankote  and due to landslides at a point 43 kms at around 5.45 am, the Mughal Road was blocked.  More than 300 vehicles including Tempo Travellers, Tata Sumos, trucks and light private  vehicles remained stranded for about three to four hours.
The spokesman further said that  road for the light vehicles was cleared after about three hours  as the R&B authorities engaged machine at around 7 am to clear the road while, it could be made  traffic worthy for the  heavy vehicles after about four hours.