Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Friday.
No traffic movement would be allowed from Jammu to Srinagar because of fresh snowfall in Banihal sector and landslides in the Ramban sector of the highway, officials said.
The highway remained closed on Wednesday and Thursday due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by heavy rain in the Ramban sector.
Traffic department officials said all passengers and vehicles stranded because of the closure of the highway were stationed at safe places.
No passenger or vehicle is stranded anywhere in landslide vulnerable areas, they said.
Meanwhile the 9.4 km long Nashri-Chenani tunnel was thrown open for traffic on a trial basis.
According to officials, the tunnel that connects Udhampur with the Ramban district here was opened on Thursday afternoon.
After its formal inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in March, the tunnel would reduce the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by about 40 kms.
It will also save nearly two hours of journey time on the highway.
Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group: Join Now
Be Part of Quality Journalism |
Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Kashmir and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Kashmir Observer than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast. |
| ACT NOW |
| MONTHLY | Rs 100 |  |
| YEARLY | Rs 1000 | |
| LIFETIME | Rs 10000 | |
