The shortage of essential supplies, particularly petrol,diesel, LPG and kerosene has ended with the arrival of sufficient stocksfollowing the re-opening of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, officials said onWednesday.
An official spokesman said that until 6 pm, a total numberof 274 tankers and trucks crossed Jawahar tunnel, which included 81 LPG trucks,67 petrol-loaded tankers, 91 diesel tankers, and 35 kerosene oil tankers.
More than 300 tankers are in transit and are expected toreach Kashmir Valley shortly, the spokesman said in a statement.
Divisional commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmed Khan said hereviewed the availability of stocks and distribution process with deputy commissioners,director FCS&CA and other senior officers in a meeting here.
He said that sufficient stocks have been received andfurther additional supply is in transit.
Inspector general of traffic police Alok Kumar said theJammu-Srinagar highway was re-opened for traffic on Wednesday afternoon.
The road sank late Tuesday afternoon and efforts are on torepair the damaged portion to restore traffic on the highway, the onlyall-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the world.
The 270-km highway was closed on Monday following majorlandslides triggered by incessant rains and snowfall.