SRINAGAR : Despite moderate to heavy rain the national highway, connecting the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country was through for both way traffic for light vehicles and one-way for heavy vehicles with restrictions.
Meanwhile, the national highway, linking the Ladakh region with Kashmir valley, historic Mughal road and Bandipora-Gurez and Synthan-Kishtwar roads also remained closed since December last year due to accumulation of snow.
Moderate to heavy rain lash 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway since last evening. However, the highway was through for traffic with restrictions, a traffic police official told UNI. He said today light vehicles with some restrictions will ply from both sides while heavy vehicles will be allowed today to ply from Srinagar to Jammu.
He said rainfall all along the Srinagar-Jammu national highway during the past about one week has resulted in shrinking of existing road formation at some places due to which two heavy vehicles cannot pass simultaneously at these locations.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO),responsible for the maintainance of the highway have already started repair work so that heavy vehicles are also allowed to ply from both the sides.
However, before the stretches could be made worthy for two way traffic, one way regulated movement of heavy vehicles with certain restrictions has been enforced for hassle free movement of traffic.
He said passenger and private vehicles will be allowed today to ply from both sides while heavily vehicles will ply from Kashmir to Jammu with some restrictions. However, no heavy vehicle will be allowed from Jammu to Kashmir.
Meanwhile, there was fresh snowfall on historic Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region since last night.
The road remained closed since December last year. Though the snow clearance operation has been started from both sides of the Pir-ki-Gali, fresh snowfall could further delay reopening of the road. (AGENCIES)
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