SRINAGAR : One-way traffic was today restored on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway after remaining suspended for three days due to heavy snowfall.
A traffic police official said that hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers and trucks loaded with essentials left Jammu this morning for Srinagar.
However, no vehicle was allowed from Srinagar to Jammu to avoid any traffic jam or accident as snow was present on both sides of the highway at several places, he said.
Snow clearance operation by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was completed yesterday on the highway, the only road connecting the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, he said adding later all stranded vehicles were cleared to Kashmir.
The highway was closed on December 31 following several feet of snowfall at Jawahar tunnel, Banihal, Shaitan Nallah and Patnitop.
He said only one-way traffic will be allowed till further orders on the highway, the only road linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country. (AGENCIES)
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