Srinagar-Jammu NH remains shut for 4th day

5 Dariya News

Srinagar 06-Feb-2017

The 300-km strategic Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, for the fourth consecutive day, remained closed on Monday as authorities continue clearance work along the Highway after landslides and shooting stone hit multiple stretches in the aftermath of rainfall and snow.An official of the Traffic Department said that the traffic remained suspended due to ongoing clearance work on the Highway for fourth consecutive day. He said with the improvement in weather they expect that one-sided traffic shall ply on the Highway tomorrow. Due to closure of highway, hundreds of vehicles, mostly trucks, are stranded in both Jammu and Kashmir Divisions along the Highway.Keeping in view the condition of the road, especially between Udhampur -Ramsoo and Banihal to Levdora (Qazigund) coupled with narrow width of road at certain places, only one way movement of traffic is feasible/advisable on Srinagar- Jammu NHW, said Traffic Police in its traffic plan this evening.

As such subject to fair weather and good condition of road tomorrow on 07.02.2017 movement of traffic shall be allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu side in a regulated manner. The movement of all the vehicles (excluding Trailers/multi-axle vehicles) shall be allowed from Levdora from 0800 hours and all these vehicles shall cross Jawahar Tunnel by 1400 hours positively.No movement of traffic including that of convoys of Army, BSF, CRPF etc. shall be allowed from Jammu towards Srinagar side on 07.02.2017 under any circumstances to ensure hassle free movement of traffic.Commuters are requested/advised that vehicles are not parked in any landslide/avalanche/vulnerable zones of NHW especially from Ramsoo - Jawahar Tunnel - Levdora under any circumstances. All the vulnerable/avalanche prone zones should be kept free from any kind of traffic to avoid any eventuality.People are requested not to undertake journey on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in case of bad weather. They should contact TCU Srinagar (01942450022, 2485396), TCU Ramban (9419993745) and TCU Jammu (01912459048, 9419147732) and officers of Traffic wing to get the status of the road before starting their journey.(GNS)