Saturday 18th Jul, 2026
Srinagar, Mar 1 (UNI) Only one-way traffic was resumed on Friday on the Kashmir highway and vehicles will ply from Srinagar to Jammu while the national highway, connecting Ladakh with valley and historic 86-km-long Mughal road remained closed due to accumulation of snow since December last year.
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road linking Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was closed due to fresh landslides Mom Passi in Ramsu area on Thursday morning due to which hundreds of vehicles got stranded at different places.
However, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) pressed into service sophisticated machine and men and partially put through the road in the afternoon.
All the stranded vehicles were cleared till late last night, a traffic police official told UNI.
It was decided to allow traffic from Srinagar to Jammu and no vehicle will be allowed from opposite direction on Friday, he said.
Due to frequent closure of Srinagar-Jammu national highway, people in the Kashmir valley are facing acute shortage of essentials, particularly fresh vegetables, meat, chicken besides petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary in a fresh order directed for strict implementation of order regulating sale of fuel at fuel stations.
He has instructed for regular market inspection to verify quality and pricing of consumable food items and medicines.
The DC said sufficient quantity of fuel stocks are now available and said that there was no need for indulging in panic-consumption as is being seen at fuel stations since this morning.
He said an official has been deployed at each of the 46 fuel stations across the district to ensure strict implementation of the order prohibiting fuel storage.
He said reports of consumers queuing up with containers have been received from several fuel stations and asked for discouraging such stocking. “NO one will be provided fuel in containers from tomorrow and that strict action will be taken against violations in the regard” he said.
Dr Shahid Iqbal said that teams comprising officials of Food Safety, Drug Control and Legal Metrology are undertaking inspections of markets across the district to prevent overpricing of commodities and selling of consumable food items in markets