Snowfall, landslides shut J-Ok freeway, 300 vehicles stranded
The Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway was closed for visitors on Tuesday following snowfall within the Jawahar Tunnel space and a number of landslides between Banihal and Chanderkote, officers mentioned. Over 300 vehicles have been stranded on each side of the freeway because of the closure. The Jawahar Tunnel – the gateway to Kashmir – skilled snowfall this morning following which visitors was suspended between Banihal and Qazigund townships, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned incessant rains additionally lashed most elements of the freeway, the one all-weather street linking Kashmir with the remainder of the nation, for the third day on Tuesday, triggering landslides and taking pictures of stones from hillocks overlooking the freeway at practically a dozen locations between Banihal and Chanderkote.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Traffic (National Highway Ramban), Parul Bhardwaj mentioned a number of hundred vehicles had been stranded on the freeway between Nashri and Chanderkote since Monday evening.
“Despite incessant rains and the lurking threat of shooting stones, the men and machinery kept the highway open and the majority of the stranded vehicles in Ramban were cleared last night itself,” he mentioned.
He mentioned a serious landslide had struck the freeway in a single day at Cafeteria Morh, whereas the street can also be closed by particles at many locations together with Maroog, Monkey Morh, Panthiyal, Digdole, Sherbibi, Shabinbas.
Once the climate improves, all-out efforts could be made to make sure early restoration of the freeway, the officer mentioned.
Officials mentioned reviews of snowfall had been additionally acquired from different excessive altitude areas together with Peer Ki Gali alongside Mughal Road connecting the dual districts of Rajouri and Poonch within the Jammu area with Shopian in south Kashmir.
The Mughal street was closed for visitors in December and is anticipated to be thrown open on completion of the snow clearance operation within the first or second week of subsequent month, they mentioned.
They mentioned snowfall was additionally recorded within the higher reaches of Ramban, Doda and Kishtwar districts, whereas Jammu metropolis was lashed by in a single day rains, leading to a drop within the temperature.
The minimal temperature in Jammu metropolis settled at 14.9 levels Celsius in opposition to the 16.2 levels Celsius the earlier evening, a spokesman of the Meteorological division mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
