Full highway restoration likely in 10 days

After suspension of traffic on the 270-kilometre Srinagar- Jammu National Highway on Sunday due to sudden collapse of the retaining wall of a bridge near Ramban, the road continues to remain closed and may take 10 days to become motorable again, officials said on Tuesday. In a traffic advisory issued here, officials said repairing by concrete filling and settling of the concrete of the retaining wall is likely to take ten days.

“Jammu-Srinagar National Highway shall remain closed due to sudden collapse of retaining wall of a bridge near Kela Morh, Ramban on January 10 at 6:20 pm. Repairing by concrete filling and settling of the concrete for making it motorable may take approximately 10 days as per project director NHAI,” the Traffic advisory said.