Thursday 18th Jun, 2026
Kashmir highway remain shut for the 2nd day on Friday
Srinagar, Feb 22: (UNI) The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, remained closed for the second day on Friday due to landslides and shooting stones, official sources said.
Meanwhile, the historic 86-km-long Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, Anantnag to Kishtwar and Srinagar-Leh national highway remained closed since December last year due to accumulation of snow and slippery road condition.
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed on Thursday following fresh snowfall on both sides of the Jawahar tunnel and landslides and shooting stones between Ramban and Ramsu due to which hundreds of vehicles got stranded, sources told UNI. However, the Beacon and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) pressed into service sophisticated machines and men to put through the highway. Continued shooting stones hampered landslides clearance operation. Snow on both sides of the tunnel has been removed and Kashmir bound vehicles stranded at Banihal were allowed to move towards their respective destinations.
However, hundreds of vehicles remained stranded at different places between Ramban, Ramsu and other places as operation to clear landslides at Penthal, Digdol. Batery Cheshma and two other places was going on, they said.
A traffic police official said that once the road is put through only stranded vehicles will be allowed to proceed towards their respective destinations.
Meanwhile, locals have made arrangements for truckers and passengers stranded on the highway for the past few days.