SRINAGAR: Traffic was suspended again on Wednesday on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu National Highway due to fresh landslides and shooting stones.
The National Highway, the only road linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country was closed due to rain between Ramban and Ramsu on Tuesday evening, which led to landslides and shooting stones.
However, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) put into service sophisticated machines and men to put through the road, a official sources said.
The traffic would be resumed once a green signal was received from traffic and NHAI officials, he further said. However, there was forecast for more snow and rain during the next 48 hours in the Jammu and Kashmir.
He added that only one-way traffic would continue to ply on the highway till further orders as the road was very narrow and damaged at several places between Ramban and Ramsu where only one vehicle could pass easily.
Frequent closure of the highway for the past one week has badly hit the movement of vehicles, particularly carrying essentials and passengers. The Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region remained closed for the past two months.
It would take about two more months to put through road which was seen as alternative to Srinagar-Jammu highway. The Anantnag-Kishtwar road also remained closed due to snow. There was fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours at several places on both the roads. (AGENCIES)
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