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Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to landslides

PUNJAB NEWS EXPRESS | July 08, 2023 11:12 AM

JAMMU: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remain closed for vehicular traffic on Saturday due to multiple landslides, officials said.

"NH-44, Mughal Road and SSG Road are blocked due two landslides. People are advised not to travel till clearance, " the Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police said.

Clearance work is currently underway, it added.

The highway is the lifeline of Kashmir and the main road link connecting he land-locked valley with the rest of the country.

Kashmir-bound trucks laden with essential supplies and other vehicles pass through the highway and fruit-carrying trucks from Kashmir head for the rest of the country through this road.

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