After remaining closed for more than 24-hours the 270 km Jammu-Srinagar national highway was restored for vehicular traffic on Friday morning, officials said.
They said that the highway was closed on Thursday afterlandslides at two places Battery Chasma and Monkey morh.
Trucks, load carriers and passenger vehicles remainedstranded from Ramban to Chanderkote , Battery Chasma to Ramban and Battery Chasma to Ramsu sector on thehighway, a witness said.
It said that hundreds of vehicles were moving at a snail’space on the highway due to massive traffic snarls from Banihal to Ramban.
Officials at the Traffic control unit Ramban informedGreater Kashmir that traffic has been moving smoothly since this morning.
Only stranded vehicles to ply today
Meanwhile, authorities on Friday evening said that only stranded vehicles would be allowed to ply on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Saturday subject to fair weather conditions. No fresh vehicle shall be allowed to move from Jammu towards Srinagar orvice-versa.
“The commuters are advised not to travel during nighthours. No movement of any type ofvehicle shall be allowed from opposite direction. People are advised toundertake journey on NHW only after confirming status of the road from traffic control units,” a police spokesman said in astatement.
He said that travelers can check the status of the highwayon following numbers: 0191-2459048,9419147732 in Jammu, 9419993745 in Ramban, 0194-2450022, 2485396, 18001807091in Srinagar and 8491928625 in Udhampur.