Srinagar-Jammu Highway Closed Again, Leh, Mughal Roads Still Shut

Traffic on the national highway, connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was again closed on Friday following fresh landslides and shooting stones late Thursday night.

Meanwhile, the Srinagar-Leh national highway and historic 86-km-long Mughal road and Anantnag-Kishtwar roads remained closed for the pastten days on Friday due to accumulation of several feet of snow and slippery road condition.

There were fresh landslides and shooting stones at Sheer Bibi late last night, forcing authorities to suspend the traffic movement on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, a traffic police official told UNI this morning.

He said the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)immediately pressed into service sophisticated machines and men to remove the debris from the highway.

For the second consecutive day today traffic was to ply from Jammu to Srinagar, he said, adding that traffic will be allowed once a green signal is received that landslides have been removed and road is safe for journey.

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