Thousands Of Vehicles Stuck After Landslide Blocks Jammu-Srinagar Highway
NDTV
The landslide struck the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Romepadi around 11 am.
A massive landslide on Friday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Banihal, leaving thousands of vehicles stranded, officials said.
The landslide struck the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Romepadi around 11 am during the ongoing work on a four-laning project, they said.
A road clearance operation has been launched by the concerned agencies.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Traffic (National Highway), Asgar Malik said, "Big boulders rolled down from a hillock and completely blocked the highway. At least four hours are required to clear the debris for the restoration of traffic on the highway," he said.
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