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Traffic on Kashmir highway suspended due to landslides

Srinagar, Feb 19 (UNI) Traffic on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only road linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was suspended today due to landslides, triggered by overnight rain. Meanwhile, there is forecast for moderate snow on hills of Banihal, including highway, and light rain in plains of Poonch,Rajouri, Banihal districts of Jammu division Today vehicles were to ply from Srinagar to Jammu, a traffic police official told UNI. He said traffic was suspended on the highway today following fresh landslides, triggered by rain, early this morning at several places on other side of the Jawahar tunnel. However, he said the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway, has pressed into service sophisticated machines and men to put through the highway. Due to continuous rain operation to clear the landslides on the road was being getting hampered, he said. We will allow traffic only after getting green signal from the BRO and traffic police officials posted at several places on the highway, he said adding that there is still threat of more landslides. However, he said, only one-way traffic will continue on the highway till further orders. Meanwhile, hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying passengers and empty trucks and oil tankers besides loaded with fruit, have been stopped at Qazigund and other places on this side of the tunnel. Traffic on the highway was frequently disrupted due to snowfall and landslides during the past one month resulting sharp increase of prices of essentials commodities as valley is entirely dependent on imports, particularly fresh vegetables during winter, meat and chicken. Meanwhile, dozens of far flung and remote areas, particularly in the frontier district of Kupwara and Bandipora, remained cut off, besides near LoC remained cut off with their respective district headquarters due to accumulation of heavy snow on roads in north Kashmir. There was rain during the night in almost entire north Kashmir. UNI BAS JW ADG 1017
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