Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, Oct 17: A portion of a protection wall along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway collapsed in Ramban area, disrupting vehicular movement on Friday.
Reports said around 40 metres of the wall along with the adjoining Sawni Panchayat link road, caved in on Thursday night.
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Project Director of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Shubham Yadav, said a 40-metre section of the protection wall had been damaged.
“One tube of the four-lane highway has been closed. The cause of the erosion is yet to be ascertained,” Yadav said.
He said restoration work has been launched to make the affected tube trafficable at the earliest. Traffic is currently being regulated through the single operational tube, leading to slow movement on the stretch.
The collapse also damaged a part of the Sawni Panchayat link road, affecting connectivity, he added.
Officials from NHAI, the district administration and the Traffic Police official reached the spot for monitoring the situation and ensured smooth flow of traffic on the strategic highway linking Kashmir with the rest of the country.
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