Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: The traffic was disrupted on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today after landslide near Ramban town.
Official sources said that the landslide struck the highway near Cafeteria Morh and Mehar around 1 am, blocking the busy highway. The mouth of an under-construction tunnel was also blocked by the debris in Ramban sector. The tunnel is being constructed to bypass the problematic stretch and is expected to be completed by next year.
After the landslide, the concerned agency working on the four-lane highway project immediately pressed men and machines and managed to clear the road of the major debris.
However, intermittent shooting of stones from the hillock hampered the restoration of stranded traffic till 9 am. No fresh traffic was allowed either from Jammu or Srinagar side this
Morning. The highway could be restored after 9 am and the movement of vehicles was allowed. Traffic jamming was witnessed in the sector for long due to closure of highway for more than nine hours.
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