The Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway remained closed for vehicular site visitors for the fourth consecutive day on Friday on account of a number of landslides and the washing away of highway patches.
Nevertheless, the inter-regional Mughal Street, connecting Jammu area’s Poonch district with Kashmir’s Shopian district, was reopened for vehicular site visitors after three days of closure.
“The Jammu-Srinagar freeway and Sinthan Street are closed for vehicular motion on account of landslides, mudslides, and taking pictures stones at a number of locations,” a site visitors police officer stated.
The freeway had remained closed on account of a number of blockades since August 26 following torrential rains, flash floods, and landslides, however was reopened for site visitors for a number of hours on August 30. In whole, the freeway has been closed for ten days.
The closure of highways and different inter-regional roads to Kashmir has resulted in over 3,700 automobiles getting caught at numerous locations from Kathua to Kashmir.
Mughal Street, which was closed for 4 days, was reopened for site visitors, and LMVs, together with passenger and personal automobiles, have been allowed from either side on the Mughal Street from Jammu in the direction of Srinagar and vice versa through Poonch, they stated.
Nevertheless, HMVs carrying important commodities, restricted to six-tyre vehicles solely, are being allowed from Poonch in the direction of Shopian, they stated.
Apart from this, necessary highways, together with the Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch freeway, which was closed for 3 days, have additionally been reopened for site visitors after clearance of landslides, they stated.
“The freeway remains to be closed for vehicular motion from Jakheni (Udhampur) in the direction of Srinagar and vice versa on account of highway blockages between Jakheni and Bali Nallah. No vehicular motion shall be allowed from Nagrota (Jammu) in the direction of Reasi, Chenani, Patnitop, Doda, Ramban, Banihal, Srinagar and vice versa,” a site visitors police advisory stated.
Essentially the most affected areas embody Shalgadi, Nachilana, Panthyal, Maroog and Peerah in Ramban–Banihal, the place retaining partitions and stretches of highway have been washed away, and a heavy landslide has even entered one tube of the Peerah tunnel.
Within the Udhampur sector, round 10 km of highway between Jakhani, Thara D, Bali Nallah and Dewal has been affected, they stated.
