India News | Jammu-Srinagar Highway Closed for Traffic After Fresh Landslide
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Banihal/ The strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic on Thursday following a major landslide in Ramban district, leaving more than 300 vehicles stranded.
Banihal/Jammu, Apr 27 (PTI) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic on Thursday following a major landslide in Ramban district, leaving more than 300 vehicles stranded.
The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by a landslide at Shalgari area in Ramban district, officials said.
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“Over 300 vehicles are stranded at different points of the highway,” an official told PTI.
Workers have been deployed to clear the area, but incessant rain along the Ramban-Banihal sector was proving to be an impediment, an official said.
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People have been advised not to travel on the highway without confirmation from the traffic control units, they added.
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