‘Traffic Restoration Will Still Take Time’
Srinagar: Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday remained closed for the fifth consecutive day due to landslides and authorities say that “it will take time to clear the debris.”
Police said that the highway, only all-weather road connectivity of the Valley with the outside world, remained blocked due to landslide at Dalwas village along the highway in Ramban district. “Men and machinery are on job but it will take time to clear the debris,” the official said, adding, “Decision regarding the movement of vehicles will be taken after clearance of road”.
Actually a portion of the highway at Dalwas has sunk, resulting in the suspension of vehicular movement on the strategic thoroughfare.
Sources said the trucks laden with essential goods and oil tankers bound for Kashmir have been stopped at Udhampur and Jammu.
