Landslide disrupts highway traffic on Srinagar-Jammu NH
Ramban/IBNS: Vehicular traffic on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was disrupted for hours by a landslide at a four-lane construction site at Samroli, Udhampur district on Wednesday.
A traffic police official informed Greater Kashmir the landslide occurred at Samroli in the wee hours Wednesday.
Hundreds of light motor vehicles and apple-laden trucks en route to Jammu remained stranded between Samroli and Chenani.
Traffic authorities said the Jammu bound load carriers were allowed to move towards their respective destinations on priority after the road maintenance agency cleared the landslide.
The Srinagar Doda Kishtwar Ramban Banihal bound light-medium passenger vehicles were stopped at Jakhani Udhampur Bypass and Dhar road to avoid traffic congestion between Udhampur and Chenani sector of highway.
However, local drivers and commuters complain that they remained stuck in traffic jams at Jakhani, Udhampur bypass and various other places between Udhampur and Chenani till afternoon.
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