Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway restored
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was thrown open for traffic this evening even as heavy jam was witnessed on the 300-km arterial road.
“Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway was restored this evening. However, there have been jams at various places,” said SSP Traffic, National Highway, Sanjay Kotwal.
The SSP also said vehicles had started moving on the Batote-Kishtwar road. He further said there would be two-way traffic on Thursday as weather had improved considerably.
Meanwhile, several link roads remained closed after torrential rain triggered landslides at several places. A house was also damaged in Udhampur district.
Various link roads in the district, including Udhampur-Ramnagar-Basatgarh road, Ramnagar-Latti road, Udhampur-Ghordi Barmeen road, Udhampur-Panchari road, Udhampur-Mongri road, Udhampur-Dubigali road, remained closed for traffic for the second day today even as the Public Works Department made efforts to make the road traffic worthy.
A house belonging to one Sansar Singh, resident of Dubgali area of Panchari tehsil, was totally damaged in the torrential rain. There was no loss of life in the incident.
