Jammu-Srinagar highway reopened after over 50 hours

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was reopened for trafficon Friday night after two days of closure due to landslides in Ramban district,leaving over 3000 vehicles stranded, officials said.

The only all-weather surface link between Kashmir and therest of India, the national highway was reopened for vehicular traffic tonight(Friday) after clearance of debris at Digdol on highway, officials said.

   

The authorities have allowed only the stranded vehicles tomove, they said.

Earlier, during the work of the clearance of the landslidesat Digdol on highway, fresh landslide took place resulting in closure ofhighway for the second day, they said.

As result of blockade, over 2500 heavy motor vehicles (HMVs) and 500 light motor vehicles (LMVs) were stranded at different parts of the highway.

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