Landslide briefly blocks Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

A landslide on Wednesday briefly blocked the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, a traffic department spokesman said.
The landslide took place around 3.15 am in Ramban district’s Rattanbas area, blocking the 300-km road’s Banihal stretch, he said.
The spokesman said men and machines were immediately pressed into service and the highway was cleared for traffic by 6.30 am.
He said that as work at the site was still going on, the movement of traffic on the stretch was slow.