Ramban: Srinagar-Jammu National Highway will reopen for two-way traffic for Light Motor Vehicles whereas heavy motor vehicles would be allowed to ply towards Kashmir only on Monday.
Meanwhile valley bound vehicular traffic remained suspended on Sunday and no vehicle was permitted to move towards Kashmir during the day by the traffic police authorities.
Earlier valley-bound vehicular traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was suspended on Thursday morning as a precautionary measure. The vehicles were stopped at different places due to restrictions imposed in the valley, after the death of senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday evening in Srinagar. The traffic on the National Highway resumed on Saturday.
No Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) en route to Kashmir was permitted by the traffic authorities to cross Jawahar or Banihal-Qazigund tunnels during the day on Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
Meanwhile, the traffic police issued a fresh advisory for Monday stating that subject to fair weather and good road conditions, light motor passenger vehicles would be allowed to ply on both sides of Jammu Srinagar National Highway. Heavy motor vehicles, stopped at Jammu, Nagrota, Jakhani, Udhampur would also be allowed to move towards the valley, it said.
Meanwhile, Banihal–Baramulla rail services remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday.