Traffic restored on Srinagar-Jammu highway after it’s suspension in morning hours

Srinagar/Nov,16: The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed for traffic after fresh snowfall and rain in parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning. Later in the day, however, the highway was reopened for traffic after the snowfall stopped, according to the authorities.
Traffic officials said that the movement of traffic was stopped on Monday morning but post noon a few vehicles were plying. The authorities had on Sunday said that if weather permits small vehicles would be allowed to ply from Jammu to Srinagar.“From 9 am, the road was closed as the areas around the tunnel and Banihal received snowfall,” an official of the traffic control room said.The Mughal road in South Kashmir and the Leh-Kargil road are already blocked due to heavy snow.