No shortage of supplies in Kashmir due to highway closure: Omar Abdullah
RAMBAN, Apr 22(PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said there was no shortage of supplies in the valley despite the 250-km strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remaining blocked due to landslides and mudslides for the third day.
The highway was blocked in multiple places on Sunday owing to landslides and mudslides triggered by heavy rains and cloudbursts, especially between Seri and Maroog, a nearly four-kilometre stretch which has suffered major damage.
A massive road clearance operation is underway and the chief minister said he was told by officers that they are trying to open the highway for single-lane traffic within the next 24 hours.
