Jammu Srinagar NH closed for vehicular movement due to landslide

The traffic on the 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway will remain close for vehicular movement today.The traffic was suspended last evening after a massive landslide blocked the arterial road and also damaged a bridge in Udhampur district.

A spokesman of the Traffic department said in Jammu that the



landslide struck the national highway, linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Morh Passi near Balli Nallah in Udhampur district damaging a bridge and blocking the road. He said men and machinery have been pressed into service and the road is expected to be made traffic worthy by today evening.