SRINAGAR : Only stranded vehicles were allowed to move towards Jammu from this side of Jawhar tunnel on the National Highway, connecting the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country.
Meanwhile, roads connecting dozens of far flung and remote areas, including those near the Line of Control (LoC), Mughal road and the highway connecting Ladakh with Kashmir valley, remained closed.
No fresh vehicle was allowed from Srinagar, a traffic police
official told this afternoon.
He said vehicles, which were stranded at Lower-Monda and on this side of the tunnel, were allowed to move towards Jammu on the highway.
The official said the decision to allow fresh vehicles on the highway will be taken only after receiving green signal from the traffic police officials posted at different places as it was raining.
He said heavy rain triggered landslides and shooting stones at Jawahar tunnel, Penthal and Ramban area on the 300-km long Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, forcing authorities to suspend traffic.
However, some vehicles, majority of them empty trucks, stranded on this side of the Jawahar tunnel, were allowed to move towards Jammu early this morning. But later, all traffic was stopped following landslides, they said, adding the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for maintenance of the highway, has pressed into service sophisticated machines and men to clear the landslides.
This afternoon only, stranded vehicles at several places, including at Lower Monda were cleared towards Jammu, he said. (AGENCIES)
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