Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar: 12: Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which was suspended due to heavy rainfall last night, resumed this morning though there were some disruptions due to shooting stones.
"As a precautionary measure, we had to suspend traffic on Jammu-Srinagar national highway last night. However, it was resumed from morning," SSP Traffic, National Highway, Sanjay Kotwal told .
While all vehicles can play from Jammu towards Srinagar, only passenger vehicles were allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu, he said.
"Landslides and shooting stones continue to disrupt the movement of traffic, but we have deployed adequate number of men and machinery to clear the highway," Kotwal said.
"No vehicle will be allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar after 11:30 AM. The movement of vehicles ahead of Udhampur would be restricted after 1:00 PM," he said.
Meanwhile, Batote-Kishtwar national highway was also closed down due to shooting stones and landslides at several places.
"The Batote-Kishtwar national highway was blocked due to landslides and shooting stones at Assar, Kora Pani, Dansal Gatsu, Prem Nagar and Kandini," a traffic police officer said.
However, the national highway, connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir and historic Mughal road besides Bandipora-Gurez road remained closed since December last year.
A traffic police official said here that traffic on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway was suspended last evening following landslides at Penthal, Ramband,Ramsu and other areas due to heavy rain.
However, he said, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway immediately pressed into service sophisticated machine and men to put through the highway.
In the morning, only one way traffic, for only light vehicles, were allowed from Jammu to Srinagar.
However, with further improvement in the road condition by BRO, light vehicles from both sides were allowed now. Heavy vehicles will be allowed once light vehicles are cleared.
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