SRINAGAR : Traffic was disrupted for several hours on Srinagar-Jammu national highway due to encounter at Nagrota in which four militants were killed by security forces on Thursday.
The highway will remain closed on Friday for maintenance, a traffic police official said.
Meanwhile, the Srinagar-Leh national highway, the only road connecting Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh with Kashmir and historic Mughal road are through for traffic, he said.
He said traffic was disrupted for several hours this morning on the highway due to encounter at Nagrota in which four militants, travelling in a truck, were killed. Traffic was later resumed after all the four militants were killed and area was thoroughly searched.
However, he said, suspension of traffic on the highway at Nagrota in Jammu region had no impact on vehicles which had to leave different parts of the valley for the winter capital today, when Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) were allowed to from Srinagar to Jammu. However, the vehicles had to leave Zig, Qazigund gateway of Kashmir, between 0700 hrs to 1200 hrs, he said adding no vehicle will be allowed after the dead line.
He said Heavy Motor Vehicles(HMVs) were allowed to ply from Jekhani Udhampur for Kashmir valley. Vehicles carrying security forces are allowed to ply from Jammu to Srinagar. He said traffic will remain suspended on Friday to allow agencies to carry out maintenance and repair work. Traffic on the highway will remain suspended on every Friday till November end to allow maintenance of the highway.
He said 86-km-long Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, was also through for traffic. Vehicles carrying fresh fruit will operate between 1100 hrs to 1600 hrs on the road.
The Srinagar-Leh national highway was also through and vehicles had to ply between 1000 hrs and 1400 hrs, he said. (agencies)
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