Jammu-Srinagar National Highway closed for vehicular traffic amid shooting stones and landslides

Jammu: The 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which connects Kashmir valley with the rest of the country was closed for vehicular traffic last evening amid shooting stones and landslides.  Heavy rains triggered multiple landslides and shooting stones at Mehad, Panthiyal and Cafeteria Morh in Ramban district blocking the National Highway at different locations due to which hundred of vehicles are stranded.

The road clearance operation is underway and vehicular movement on the National



Highway will resume within next few hours. However, the authorities have advised the commuters to undertake the journey on the National Highway only after confirming the status of the road from Traffic Control Units of Ramban, Srinagar and Jammu. 

The historic Mughal road, the alternate National Highway connecting the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch of Jammu region with the Shopian district of Kashmir valley is already closed since December last year.