Thousands of vehicles are stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
Jagran correspondent, Jammu. The rain and snowfall stopped in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, but the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the second day. There are long queues of vehicles at many places on this 270 kilometer long highway.
More than 900 vehicles are stranded in Ramban district alone and more than 2.5 thousand vehicles are stranded in Udhampur district. Apart from the local people, there are also vehicles of tourists. More than two thousand other vehicles, including trucks loaded with essential commodities, are also waiting for the green signal to move forward.
At the same time, the Mughal road connecting Poonch to Kashmir is also closed. Due to this, Kashmir's road connectivity with other parts of the country is cut off. Even in such weather, rail service has remained a boon, due to which the traffic to Srinagar continued. Flights have also started functioning from Srinagar airport.
According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of rain and snowfall again from Monday evening to Tuesday. Concerned officials said that hundreds of passengers stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway were evacuated to safe places by the Army, Police and Civil Administration and provided food and shelter.
In Ramban district, there is a lot of slippage due to accumulation of snow between Ramsu and Banihal. The road is being cleared by throwing urea and salt on it. SP Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Traffic, National Highway (Banihal), said that the snow removal operation is in the final stages and the vehicles stuck on both sides will be released on priority. The work of opening the link roads closed due to snowfall in the hilly areas is also going on.
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