Kashmir highway closed yet again due to landslides

Srinagar/April 5:  The national highway, linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was closed yet again due to landslides, triggered by heavy rain during the night.
We have again suspended traffic on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway due to landslides, particularly between Ramban and Ramsu, a traffic police official said.
However, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintainance of the highway have already put into service sophisticated machines and men to clear the landslides and put through the traffic.
Traffic will be allowed only after receiving green signal from the BRO and traffic police official posted at different places on the highway, he said.
Wednesday vehicles were to ply from Jammu to Srinagar since only one-way traffic is allowed on the highway since January this year as the road is still very narrow at some places where only one vehicle can pass easily because of damage caused by landslides.
Meanwhile, hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying essentials for Kashmir, have been stopped at Jammu, Udhampur and other places.