Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, June 17: One way traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was restored after 11 hours of blockade due to massive land slide near Banihal late this evening.
Official sources said that highway was blocked at around 10.10 am on Friday due to falling of boulders during road widening exercise at Rampadi, about 10 kms short of Banihal from Ramban side. This blockade led to the suspension of traffic movement on the busy highway.
The restoration work was started after some time. But it took long time for the men and machines of the NH Authority to restore movement of traffic.
SSP, National Highway Shabir Malik said that one boulder was very big and it was very difficult to break it with even machines. Even then one way traffic was restored at around 9 am and Srinagar bound light motor vehicles stranded on the highway will be cleared first, followed by the traffic from the other side. It will take some more time to break this big boulder and fully restore the highway for both way traffic, Malik added.
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