Jammu -Srinagar national highway was reopened for stranded vehicles on Saturday after remaining closed for over 17 hours due to fresh snowfall, officials said. As per reports, no new vehicular traffic was allowed from either Jammu or Srinagar in the morning to facilitate smooth movement of thousands of stranded commuters. Vehicular traffic on the 270-km highway, the only road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was suspended at 5.30 pm on Friday due to slippery conditions following fresh snowfall in Jawahar Tunnel area – the gateway to Kashmir, leaving over 8,000 vehicles comprising mostly trucks stranded, officials said. Rains also lashed the highway, triggering multiple landslides between Ramsu and Panthiyal overnight, they said adding that the road was cleared only on Saturday morning with only stranded vehicles allowed to move towards their destinations.
