SRINAGAR: The 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Friday for weekly maintenance of the road, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country.
All other roads leading to valley, including 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway, historic 86-km-long Mughal road and Anantnag-Kishtwar, remained closed due to accumulation of snow. No traffic was allowed from Srinagar or Jammu this morning to allow National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to undertake necessary maintenance and repair work on the road. local traffic between Banihal and Ramban will also remained off the roads due to maintenance.
However, emergency vehicles will be allowed to move after proper verification. Security forces have also been directed not to ply on the highway today.
