SRINAGAR: The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only road linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was through for one-way traffic despite overnight rain. Large number of trucks, mostly empty oil tankers and vehicles carrying passengers left different parts of the Kashmir valley for Jammu this morning, a traffic police official told. No vehicle, however, was allowed from Jammu, he said, adding only one-way traffic would continue till further orders. There was rain during the night which triggered minor landslides and shooting stones at some places which were cleared by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway. The road was still through and vehicles were moving towards Jammu, he said. Only one-way traffic is allowed on the highway for the past about four months after road was damaged at several places. The BRO, however, repaired the damaged road which was still very narrow at some places because of which only one vehicle could pass these spots. Now, the BRO has already started work to clear all the hurdles and make it two-way so that vehicles from both sides could pass smoothly. Due to frequent closure of the highway during the month of March, Kashmir valley faced acute shortage of essentials, particularly fresh vegetables. Prices of vegetables and other essentials still remained very high despite arrival of stock from Jammu as the valley entirely depend upon the imports from northern states. (AGENCIES)
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