Vehicles to be allowed to move towards Srinagar on Jmu-Sgr highway
Jammu: One-way traffic will be allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Sunday with vehicles moving only from Jammu to Srinagar.
“All stranded vehicles, mostly trucks, were cleared on Saturday night and the highway was decongested,” a traffic department official said.
The stretch from Ramban to Ramsoo has become a challenge for the authorities as landslides in the area have caused frequent blockade of the highway.
Notably, a major landslide struck the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Saturday, disrupting smooth movement of traffic which was restored after three days of closure owing to fresh snowfall and multiple landslides.
The landslide completely blocked the highway near Maroog around 1 pm, leaving thousands of Kashmir-bound vehicles, which were allowed from Jammu towards Srinagar, stranded.
Officials said the agency concerned pressed its men and machines, and after nearly six-hour long operation cleared the road for light motor vehicles.
The strategic 270-km highway was reopened for one-way traffic Saturday morning after clearance of the debris from the landslide-hit areas.
Heavy snowfall around the Jawahar Tunnel — the gateway to Kashmir — and landslides triggered by incessant rains at over half a dozen places between Banihal and Ramban had forced authorities to suspend vehicular movement on the highway.
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