Incessant rains during the night intervening Wednesday and Thursday triggered landslides and shooting stones, blocking the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban district. At least 1,000 vehicles were stranded. Among them was a convoy of over 4,500 Amarnath pilgrims that had started journey from Jammu to Baltal and Nunwan base camps in Kashmir. They were taken to the Chanderkote Yatri Niwas in Ramban by the administration.
Shooting stones continued throughout the day at Panthyal on the highway that did not allow the traffic to move towards Kashmir. A major mudslide took place at another location at Mehar near the cafeteria stretch on the NH-44. Till Thursday evening, only one-way traffic had resumed.
