Landslides, shooting stones close Jmu-Sgr NH
Srinagar: Vehicular traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway was halted on Saturday morning after heavy overnight rains triggered shooting stones and landslides in Banihal area of Ramban district, authorities said.
The landslides took place on the highway in Banihal area early this morning after rains intensified from around 3 am in the area prompting authorities to shut the highway for vehicular traffic.
Traffic was scheduled to ply from Jammu towards Srinagar today, officials at Traffic Control Unit Ramban said.
They said traffic was stopped at several places including Ramban, Chanderkote, Udhampur and Nagrota.
Kashmir Images is an English language daily newspaper published from Srinagar (J&K), India. The newspaper is one of the largest circulated English dailies of Kashmir and its hard copies reach every nook and corner of Kashmir Valley besides Jammu and Ladakh region.
