Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides and shooting stones at Mehar, officials said on Monday.
“NH-44 blocked due to landslide/shooting stones at Mehar. People are advised not to travel till restoration,” Jammu and Kashmir Traffic police said in a tweet.
The traffic police said that the clearance work was in progress.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is the lifeline of the Kashmir valley and the main road link connecting Kashmir 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.
IANS
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