Srinagar: The Traffic Police announced on Wednesday that April 20, 21, and 22 will be traffic dry days on the Srinagar-Ladakh road.
SSP Traffic Rural, Ravindar Pal Singh, issued an advisory for motorists traveling on the Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri road, saying “in view of pending widening work along Sonamarg-Minimarg stretch of SSG road, owing to continuous raining/fresh snowfall in upper reaches of Baltal and Zoji La, 20, 21 and 22nd of April, 2023 would be ‘traffic dry days’ on Srinagar-Ladakh road.”
The advisory said all Ladakh bound motorists are informed through the medium of this advisory that they shall avoid travel towards Ladakh on these designated dates.
Moreover, to avoid any unpleasant incident, movement of HMVs on SSG road from Gagangeer to Minimarg and vice-versa is stopped till further orders, the advisory said.