One way traffic restored on Srinagar Leh highway, Kashmir highway & Mughal road also open for traffic

Srinagar/May,29 : One-way traffic on Saturday resumed Srinagar-Leh highway after remaining suspended on Friday for weekly maintenance . However, 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway was through for two-way Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) and one-way Heavy Motor Vehicle (HMVs) while the historic Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region was also open.
No traffic was allowed on Srinagar-Leh  highway on Friday, a traffic police official said . He said traffic on the highway was suspended to allow Beacon authorities to undertake weekly maintenance and repair on the highway, particularly at Zojila pass. He said no traffic will be allowed till further orders on every Friday on the highway, which remained closed during winter since January Ist this year only to reopen early this month for one-way.
Vehicles were on Saturday allowed to move from Ladhak to Srinagar, but they were asked to leave Minmarg in Kargil between 0700 hrs to 1400 hrs for Kashmir without any violating of cut off timing.
However, he said, the Srinagar-Jammu  highway was through for traffic.  LMVs were allowed on Saturday from both sides, he said, adding that Kashmir-bound vehicles had to leave Nagrota between 0930 hrs to 1300 hrs and Jekhani Udhampur from 1030 hrs to 1400 hrs. Similarly, Jammu-bound LMVs had to leave Zig Qazigund from 0700 hrs to 1200 hrs. No vehicle will be allowed before and after the cut off timing. HMVs and vehicles of government forces were allowed to ply from Jammu to Srinagar only. However, HMVs were allowed from Jekhani Udhampur only after tail of down HMV convoy crosses Jekhani. No HMV was allowed from opposite direction, he added.