SRINAGAR: The historic Mughal road, linking south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, was again put through after remaining closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall since December 10.
Meanwhile, the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, connecting the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was also through for both ways despite slippery road conditions though with some restrictions to avoid any traffic jam and accident.
However, dozens of roads linking far-flung and remote areas, including those near the Line of Control (LoC) with their respective district headquarters in north Kashmir also remained closed due to accumulation of snow.
Traffic on 86-km-long Shopian and Rajouri-Poonch road was suspended on December 10 following heavy snowfall at Pir-ki-Gali and other areas on this historic road. However, the local administration from bothsides of the Gali put into service sophisticated machines and men to clear the accumulated snow on the road.
“We have restored traffic from both sides from 0900 hrs,” a traffic police official told UNI today. He said vehicles which were stopped at Heerpora from Shopian in south Kashmir side and at Behramgalla and Chandimarh from Poonch, in Jammu region side were cleared yesterday.
However, he said said Synthan-Kishtwar road also remained closed for all sort of traffic. He said the Kashmir highway was through from both ways with some restrictions in view of the slippery road conditions at several places, particularly during the evening and morning hours when the mercury goes down to below freezing point.
He said the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway, has been working to widen the road where it had been damaged due to recent snowfall and landslides, triggered by rain.
He said to avoid any accident and traffic jam, some restrictions have been imposed on the traffic movement from Jammu and Srinagar on this highway in view of slippery road conditions, particularly during the morning and evening hours when mercury goes below freezing point. (UNI)
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