Srinagar, Sep 02: Traffic on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was suspended this morning following blasting of a culvert by militants at Lawlodra near Kazigund, official sources said. The militants blasted the culvert by planting an improvised explosive device (IED) which went off this morning forcing the authorities to suspend the traffic on the highway which is the only road link between Kashmir and the rest of the country, the sources said.

The IED blast came close on the heels of detection of IED planted by militants at lower Manda yesterday. A police personnel of the bomb disposal squad was killed and two others were injured when they were trying to defuse the IED that exploded yesterday.
Bureau Report