Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to fresh snowfall, landslides
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The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for vehicular traffic on Saturday following fresh snowfall and multiple landslides at different places.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for vehicular traffic on Saturday following fresh snowfall and multiple landslides at different places.
The national highway is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country.
The Banihal-Qazigund sector of the highway experienced overnight snowfall while landslides and shooting of stones from the hillocks were triggered by heavy rains at Rompadi-Banihal, Shalgardh-Wagan, Moumpassi-Ramsu, Panthiyal, Digdole, Maroog, Monkey Morh, Cafeteria Morh and Mehar in Raman district.
The closure of the highway left dozens of trucks stranded at different places.
However, with the improvement in the weather, the road-clearance agencies have pressed men and machinery to clear the debris off the highway.
The Marwah region of Kishtwar district received six inches of snowfall. While Dooru and Pahalgam in the Anantnag district received four and five inches of snow.
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