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| Srinagar-Jammu highway reopens, one-way traffic resumes | | | Early Times Reprot
Srinagar, Feb 6 : Hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers and essentials, left Jammu for Kashmir valley this morning after the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was put through for one-way traffic after remaining suspended for two days.
However, the highway, linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was put through partially to clear the stranded vehicles on Saturday afternoon after the weather improved.
The Ladakh region also remained cut off from the rest of the state since December 1 last year after the authorities closed Zojila pass while Razdan and Sadhna passes also remained closed, which are linking dozens of villages, including those near the Line of Control (LoC).
A traffic police spokesman said here today that one-way traffic was allowed on the highway following further improvement in the weather condition.
Today it was decided to allow up convoy from Jammu to Kashmir, he said, adding hundreds of passenger and other vehicles, including those carrying essentials and LPG gas and oil tankers left Jammu, Batote, Udhampur and Batote this morning for the Valley.
However, no vehicle was allowed from Srinagar or any other part of the Valley, he said. He said the highway was closed for traffic from February 3 evening following fresh snowfall. However, as the weather improved in the afternoon on Saturday vehicles, including those carrying passengers and trucks loaded with essentials were allowed to proceed towards Srinagar from Banihal, Ramban, Batote and Udhampur.Empty trucks and oil tankers and those loaded with fruits were also allowed to move towards Jammu from Qazigund and other places.
But, he said, yesterday heavy snowfall was recorded on both sides of the Jawahar tunnel, Banihal and Shaitan Nallah. There were also reports of shooting stones and landslides at Ramsu, Dingdoll and Penthal.The Disaster Management team has also issued a warning of avalanches in Banihal, Jawahar tunnel and other areas during the next few days.
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