Srinagar: Following incessant rains and fresh snowfall in Kashmir valley the Jammu-Srinagar highway is on Thursday continued to remain closed for second consecutive day.
Traffic police officials overseeing the regulation of Jammu-Srinagar highway to the said “no stranded vehicle is parked at any avalanche or landslide prone area along the highway,” adding that ‘ though one-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu was on Wednesday allowed on the highway , but the road had to be closed later due to the landslides in Ramsoo-Ramban sector and snowfall in Bannihal.’
The prices of essentials like vegetables, mutton and poultry products, have skyrocketed after the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway and fresh snowfall in Kashmir Valley.