Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Apr 5: The vehicular movement on the 110 kilometers Batote-Doda-Kishtwar highway connecting Jammu and other parts of the State remained suspended for the second consecutive day today.
Vehicles carrying essential commodities including vegetables, fruits, ration, petrol and diesel remained stranded on the highway since yesterday evening.
Some of the people de-boarded their respective passenger vehicles and reached their destination by trekking through alternate mountainous routes.
As the shooting stones continued at landslide prone Kuligad area near Drabshalla, the vehicular movement on the highway remained suspended for the second consecutive day today.
When contacted, XEn, R&B Department, Mohinder Sen said that the highway got closed due to landslide triggered due to heavy rains at around 4 pm yesterday. Shooting stones continued, but the road was opened late evening today, he added.
The vehicular movement on the highway will be restored tomorrow if the weather improves, he stated.
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