7000 Vehicles Stranded After Fresh Landslides Hit Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Fresh landslides have struck the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway which remained closed for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, leaving over 7000 vehicles stranded. Landslides have hit the highway at five places in Ramban district. On the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, fresh landslides took place in Digdol, Monkey Morh, Moumpassi, Pathiyal and Chanderkote, he said. Men and machines are working to clear the highway of the landslides but continuous landslides and shooting stones are making clearing operations difficult. Snowfall on Kashmir side of the highway since Sunday has resulted in blockade of the highway. As a result of the blockade of the highway, over 7000 vehicles are stranded at various places en route from Lakhanpur in Kathua district to Banihal belt of Ramban district and also on the Kashmir side

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