2,200 vehicles stranded on highway

Over 2,200 vehicles were stranded on the Srinagar-Jammu highway, which serves as the only surface link with Kashmir valley, after its closure due to heavy snowfall in Banihal-Patnitop sector of Ramban district, according to Press Trust of India.

Meanwhile, the highway will remain closed for passenger traffic on Monday. However, traffic police said if weather improves stranded commercial trucks will be allowed to move towards Srinagar.   

IG Traffic, H K Lohia told Rising Kashmir that around 1500 trucks were stranded on highway.

“Most of them are on Jammu side and they have not been allowed towards Kashmir from the last 36 hours due to bad weather. There are around valley-bound 150 trucks and oil tankers at Chaderkout. They will be allowed only after improvement in weather,” Lohia said.    

Due to the closure of the 300-km-long highway, vehicles were seen stranded at various places including Udhampur and Nagrota belts.

The Border Road Organisation (BRO) has started work for resuming the flow of traffic, but the continuous snowfall is making the task difficult, police officials said.

Lohia also said that all concerned departments maintaining highway are busy in clearing the highway and traffic will only be allowed if road conditions improve. 

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