Srinagar-Kargil highway reopens

The Srinagar-Kargil highway was reopened for one-way traffic on Wednesday after remaining closed for eight days following heavy snowfall in the upper reaches including Zojila pass and Drass areas last week.

Sub divisional magistrate, Drass, Asgar Ali told Greater Kashmir that on Wednesday army convoy and trucks were allowed to move from Kargil towards Srinagar. “The vehicles have reached Sonamarg.”

Braving harsh conditions, project Vijayak and Beacon of the Border roads organisation (BRO) had pressed its men and machinery for snow clearance on the highway.

A BRO official told Greater Kashmir that the snow clearance work was completed on Tuesday evening and the road was connected.