Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 3: The traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was suspended today to allow the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to undertake necessary repair and maintenance work.
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This was the second time during past eight days that traffic on this National Highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was suspended for 12 hours.
Official sources said that J&K UT administration had recently announced the suspension of vehicular traffic on the highway between Nashri and Banihal on February 24, March 3 and March 10 to facilitate the NHAI to undertake important repair and maintenance work in the wake of damage caused by landslides, mudslides and shooting stones.
“The highway was closed for traffic from Nashri towards Banihal and vice versa from 6 am Friday to 6 am Saturday. A similar dry day will also be observed on March 10,” a senior Traffic Police official said.
He said no vehicular traffic was allowed either from Jammu or Srinagar side on Friday morning to ensure repair and maintenance of the highway in a hassle-free manner. The tunneling work at Panthyal is also going on at war footing so that is should be thrown open to traffic shortly. This spot has become more dangerous as shooting stones and falling of boulders goes on frequently there.
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