Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked by massive landslide, road cleared for one-way traffic

  • | Monday | 5th November, 2018

A massive landslide blocked the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Monday, with authorities trying to restore the all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, officials said. The highway was cleared for one-way traffic on Sunday, a day after being closed due to heavy snowfall along the Jawahar Tunnel-Qazigund stretch and landslides at multiple places between Ramban and Banihal sector. “The restoration work is going on and might take several hours given the nature of the landslide,” she told PTI. The traffic on the highway was allowed from Jammu to Srinagar on Monday morning, while restricted traffic was allowed from Srinagar to Jammu to enable government employees working in the Civil Secretariat and other ‘Darbar Move’ offices to join their duties in Jammu. ‘Darbar Move’ was started by the then Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1872 to escape the extreme heat during summers in Jammu and biting cold of winters in Srinagar.

A massive landslide blocked the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Monday, with authorities trying to restore the all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, officials said. The highway was cleared for one-way traffic on Sunday, a day after being closed due to heavy snowfall along the Jawahar Tunnel-Qazigund stretch and landslides at multiple places between Ramban and Banihal sector. The traffic on the highway was allowed from Jammu to Srinagar on Monday morning, while restricted traffic was allowed from Srinagar to Jammu to enable government employees working in the Civil Secretariat and other ‘Darbar Move’ offices to join their duties in Jammu. Read More | Gambhir slams BCCI for letting Azharuddin ring bell at Eden Gardens Senior Superintendent of Police, Ramban, Anita Sharma said a landslide struck the highway near Battery Cheshma along the Banihal-Ramban stretch, blocking the 270-km arterial road. “The restoration work is going on and might take several hours given the nature of the landslide,” she told PTI. Over 700 stranded passengers coming from Srinagar to Jammu were rescued in a night-long operation from the avalanche-prone area of Jawahar tunnel and Verinag on Saturday and brought safely to Banihal before they were allowed to move towards their destination after road clearance. Also Read | Kolkata: Fire at Apeejay House building on Park Street area The Civil Secretariat reopened on Monday after a 10-day break owing to the bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’. However, a large number of ‘Darbar Move’ employees failed to reach Jammu due to inclement weather owing to unprecedented snowfall which forced cancellation of a majority of the incoming and outgoing flights at Srinagar airport besides disrupting traffic on the highway. ‘Darbar Move’ was started by the then Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1872 to escape the extreme heat during summers in Jammu and biting cold of winters in Srinagar.

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