A big landslide on Tuesday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Mehar in Ramban district, said officials.
SSP (traffic, national highway) Shabir Malik said, “We had created a diversion to clear the traffic, but shooting stones, pebbles, and loose soil got accumulated.” He said a cable bridge in Maitra was later used to let the light vehicles pass.
“Big vehicles are still stranded. We are now trying to restore the diversion that was created for the movement of vehicles,” he said.
The only all-weather surface link that connects Kashmir with rest of the country remained closed from Friday to Sunday owing to heavy snowfall and multiple landslides in Ramban district even as the road clearance agencies sped up the restoration work amid improvement in weather.
