Jammu-Srinagar Highway Closed For 3rd Day, Heavy Rain Hampers Road Clearing Operations

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third day today as heavy rains hampered the operation to clear the debris brought on the arterial road by a massive landslide in Ramban district, officials said.
The closure of the highway left thousands of vehicles, including trucks carrying essential commodities to Kashmir, stranded, traffic department officials said.

A massive landslide struck the highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, at Digdole around 9 pm on Thursday, forcing the closure of the road. The road clearance operation was launched immediately but intermittent rains disrupted the work, especially since Friday night, the officials said, adding shooting of stones from the hillocks overlooking the highway were also reported from several places, including Maroog, this morning.