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States » NorthPosted at: Nov 16 2020 5:25PM


Srinagar-Jammu highway reopens after remaining shut due to snowfall, landslides

Srinagar, Nov 16 (UNI) Traffic was resumed on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway this afternoon after remaining closed due to snowfall and landslides since Monday morning, a traffic police official said this evening.
He said vehicles, mostly stopped in the morning, were allowed to move towards their respective destinations.
Today Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) were to ply from Jammu to Srinagar and Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) from opposite direction, he told UNI.
He said after initially allowing movement of some vehicles in the morning, traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway was suspended after landslides and shooting stones at Batery Cheshma and Panthyal, triggered by rain.
There was about three to four inches of snowfall at Jawahar tunnel, Banihal and Shaitan Nallah and it was still snowing heavily when the reports last received at 0945 hrs, he said adding the road has become slippery due to which traffic movement was stopped.
The upper heights in Banihal in Jawahar tunnel area received more than one feet of snowfall, he said.
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) put sophisticated machines and men at work to clear the landslides and snow. However, continued snow and shooting stones are hampering the road clearance operation for some time in the morning.
Later, traffic was resumed after receiving green signal from the NHAI and BRO besides traffic police personnel deployed at different places on the highway.
Now vehicles are moving towards Kashmir valley, he said adding traffic plan for Tuesday will be decided later after receiving reports about the road condition.
However, he said, there is a forecast for more snow and rain during the next few days which could affect highway. People are advised to undertake journey on the highway only after confirming the status of the road from Traffic Control Units (TCUs) in Srinagar, Jammu and Ramban, he said.
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