Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Mar 20: The 110 kilometers Batote-Doda-Kishtwar highway connecting Jammu and other parts of the State remained closed for the 4th consecutive day today.
Hundreds of vehicles remained stranded on highway due to landslide at Kuligarh near Drabshalla. Some of the passengers walked on foot for 8 to 10 kilometers to reach their destination by trekking through mountainous routes.
Concerned authorities are on the spot with men and machinery and had started the work to restore the vehicular movement on the highway. But the highway remained closed, when last reports were compiled today.
“Batote-Doda-Kishtwar NH1B remained closed for the fourth consecutive day due to landslides at Kuligarh area near Drabshalla”, a traffic police official said, due to landslides and boulders, around 25 meters stretch of the road got washed away and the restoration work was going on. It will take around two days to restore the vehicular movement on the highway.
A police official said that as the highway remained closed for the fourth consecutive day, the petrol pumps in Kishtwar district remained dry. The vehicles carrying essential commodities including vegetables, fruits, ration, petrol and diesel remained stranded on the highway, due to which the people living in district Kishtwar are facing manifold problems, he added.
The residents of Kishtwar District alleged that the restoration work is going on snail speed, which has raised problems for them.
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