Srinagar-Jammu National Highway reopened for traffic

Ramban, June 9: The Srinagar- Jammu National Highway re-opened for two-way traffic of light medium passenger vehicles and one-way traffic of heavy vehicles on Sunday morning.

Traffic authorities said that the National Highwayafter remaining closed on Saturday night for repair work was reopened for two-way traffic of light medium passenger vehicles and one-way traffic of heavy vehicles on Sunday morning.

The stranded vehicles were cleared on priority after that scheduled traffic was resumed on the National Highway.

They said heavy vehicles released from Jakhani Udhampur Sunday afternoon are heading towards Kashmir in a regulated manner.

Traffic officials in Ramban said National Highway remained open. However, they said traffic movement remained slow due to the breakdown of a few heavy vehicles, on-foot movement of nomad families with their livestock and due to single-lane road stretches at Dalwass, Mehar, Cafeteria, Panthyal, Magarkote, Shalgari, Gangroo, Nachlana besides poor road surface conditions at many places between Nashri and Banihal.

They said earlier on Saturday night National Highway remained blocked due to road repair works.

Meanwhile, traffic authorities said subject to fair weather and good road conditions light-medium vehicles would be allowed to ply on either side whereas heavy vehicles would be allowed to ply towards Jammu from Qazigund Kashmir after assessing the road and traffic situation on National Highway, on Monday.

Traffic authorities once again advised passenger vehicle operators, and commuters not to undertake journeys on National Highway during the night hours due to apprehensions of shooting stones between Ramban and Banihal sectors.