SRINAGAR: Hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers, got stranded this afternoon after the Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed due to landslides, triggered by heavy rains. “We have closed the highway, linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country,” a traffic police official told UNI this afternoon.
He said heavy rain since early this morning triggered landslides between Ramban and Ramban forcing authorities to suspend traffic. It was raining, hampering the road clearance operation launched by Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintainance of the highway.
Meanwhile, hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers got stranded on both sides of the road. As and when the road is put through, stranded vehicles will be allowed to move towards their respective destinations before allowing fresh traffic from Srinagar and Jammu, he said. (AGENCIES)
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