J&K highway reopens, one-way movement allowed

Last Updated: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 18:17

Tags: JK highway, landslide

Jammu: The 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday, a day after it was shut due to landslide in Ramban district.

One-way movement of traffic from Srinagar to Jammu on the highway was allowed, officials said.

Around 300 vehicles, stranded on the highway, left for their respective destinations, they said.

The highway was closed following a landslide at Shatani Nallah yesterday.

The highway, the only surface link with Kashmir Valley, was closed from January five to eight due to heavy snowfall.

PTI

First Published: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 17:07

Comments

M.A.Kirmani - Hazratbal Srinagar kashmir
The official statement is misleading public..There was total mismanagement and traffic jam at Qazi gund could not be cleared for the whole day.We left for Jammu with our family and reached Qazi Gund at 9.30AM but had to return back after we got stuck up in traffic jam at Vasu for 4 hours.The police werw looking as mere spectators and allowed one way traffic of only trucks .large number of passenger vehicles reached Back Srinagar at 10.PM.