People Advised To Confirm Highway Status Before Travel
Srinagar- The Srinagar-Leh highway was closed on Monday due to snowfall, while as Mughal road remained closed for vehicular movement for the second consecutive, officials said.
A traffic official said that the traffic has been closed on Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumari road after snowfall in areas around Sonamarg. The thoroughfare was also closed on Sunday morning but was reopened later. Fresh snowfall however has forced its fresh closure..
Meanwhile, the Mughal road, connecting twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian was closed for traffic on early Sunday after snowfall at several places enroute including Pir Ki Gali (PKG), Mansar Mohre and Posha, a police official said.
Traffic update 0715hrs
Mughal road and SSG road closed for vehicular movement due to snowfall.@JmuKmrPolice @OfficeOfLGJandK @JKTransportDept @Divcomjammu @DivisionalComm1 @diprjk @ZPHQJammu @KashmirRadio @RadioKashmir48 @ddnewsSrinagar @SrinagarPolice @ddnewsladakh @DDNational— J&K Traffic Police (@Traffic_hqrs) November 7, 2022
Meanwhile, traffic authorities have urged people to confirm the status of Jammu-Srinagar highway before embarking on a journey on the thoroughfare.
“People are advised to undertake journey on (the highway) only after confirming status of the road from TCUs Jmu 0191-2459048, 0191-2740550, 9419147732), Sgr 0194-2450022, 2485396, 1800180709, Rbn 9419993745),” traffic department said.
A traffic department official said that intermittent shooting stones continue to occur at Mehar Ramban due to rainy weather.
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