The strategic 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was cleared of the debris by road clearance agencies late Tuesday night after nearly eight hours of hectic efforts.
Banihal/Jammu: The two-way traffic was re-established on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Wednesday, a day after the vehicular movement was affected by a massive landslide in Ramban district. A person was killed and six commuters were injured in Tuesday's landslide, officials said.
The strategic 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was cleared of the debris by road clearance agencies late Tuesday night after nearly eight hours of hectic efforts.
"After clearing hundreds of stranded vehicles on Tuesday night, fresh light motor vehicles (LMVs) were allowed from both Jammu and Srinagar, while heavy motor vehicles were only allowed from Jammu to Srinagar this morning," a traffic department official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI said on Wednesday.
The report added that the traffic was moving smoothly on the highway according to the latest reports.
A crane driver was killed and six members of a family were injured when two vehicles came under the landslide at Seri village near Ramban town around 2.30 OM on Tuesday. The stranded vehicles were allowed to move towards their respective destinations around 10 pm on Tuesday after the clearance of the debris, the officials said.
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