Srinagar-Jammu National Highway reopened only for stranded vehicles after having remained closed for three days on Thursday.
The highway remained closed due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the Ramban district.
Official sources said in the first instance the vehicles carrying essential commodities, oil and gas tankers, including Light Motor Vehicles, stranded between Nashri and Ramban were allowed to move towards Kashmir after that light-medium passenger vehicles stranded at Banihal and Qaziqund were allowed to move towards Jammu on priority.
The highway was closed on Monday due to incessant rains that lashed the area triggering multiple landslides in more than a dozen places between Nashri and Banihal on the highway in Ramban district thus leaving no