Tag: Jammu-Srinagar highway
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Landslides shut down Jammu-Srinagar highway
The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed on Tuesday for vehicular traffic due to multiple landslides in Udhampur district. “The clearance operation is underway. No traffic will be allowed on the highway either from Jammu or from Srinagar today,” a traffic department official said. “Intending travellers should contact traffic control rooms in Jammu and Srinagar to …
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September 12, 2017 -
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed after landslides
Landslides triggered by incessant rains on Wednesday forced the Jammu-Srinagar highway to close for safety reasons, an official said. "Continuous rain in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district triggered landslides and shooting stones at some places on the highway," the traffic department official said. The local Met department had issued an adverse weather advisory on April 3 forecasting three …
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April 5, 2017 -
Policeman killed, 11 security men injured in Srinagar grenade attack
A policeman was killed and 11 other security personnel injured in a grenade attack here on Sunday evening, police said. Police said militants lobbed a grenade at a security force party in old city's Nowhatta area at around 6.30 pm as they were withdrawing from the area after the day's deployment. "A police constable identified as …
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April 2, 2017 -
One-way traffic allowed on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Due to bad road conditions, only one-way traffic was allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday. "No vehicle will be allowed to move in the opposite direction due to narrowing of the road at many places in the Ramban district," traffic department officials said here. The highway has mostly remained closed this month due …
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March 17, 2017 -
One-way traffic restored on Jammu-Srinagar highway
After eight days, the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was restored for one-way traffic on Wednesday as vehicles were allowed to move from Srinagar to Jammu. Authorities had re-opened the highway for stranded vehicles on Tuesday evening and over 200 vehicles stranded between Ramban and Bannihal towns were allowed to move to the Valley. "Traffic will move …
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March 15, 2017 -
One-way traffic allowed on Jammu-Srinagar highway
One-way traffic was allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Monday due to bad road conditions, officials here said. The nearly 300 km-long journey which normally takes six to seven hours has been taking over 12 hours due to potholes and narrowing of the highway because of landslide debris. Due to multiple landslides and snowfall, …
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February 27, 2017 -
One-way traffic allowed on Jammu-Srinagar highway
One-way traffic was allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Monday due to bad road conditions, officials here said. The nearly 300 km-long journey which normally takes six to seven hours has been taking over 12 hours due to potholes and narrowing of the highway because of landslide debris. Due to multiple landslides and snowfall, …
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February 27, 2017 -
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to landslides
Strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Monday for traffic due to multiple landslides in Ramban district in the Jammu region. According to a traffic department official, the highway has been closed as heavy rains during the night triggered landslides at some places in the district. Landslide clearance operations had began in the district. "Intending …
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February 20, 2017 -
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to landslides
Strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Monday for traffic due to multiple landslides in Ramban district in the Jammu region. According to a traffic department official, the highway has been closed as heavy rains during the night triggered landslides at some places in the district. Landslide clearance operations had began in the district. "Intending …
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February 20, 2017 -
One-way traffic allowed on Jammu-Srinagar highway
One-way traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was allowed on Friday after many parts of the road remained closed due to snowfall and landslides, officials said. "No vehicle will be allowed to move in the opposite direction," said traffic department officials. "This will also apply to convoys of the army and the paramilitary forces," the …
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February 10, 2017 -
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for 4th day due to landslides
No traffic was allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Monday for the fourth consecutive day, authorities said. The highway remained closed due to multiple landslides in the Ramban sector and snowfall in Bannihal, a traffic official said. Landslide and snow clearance operations are in full swing as the weather has improved, the official added. …
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February 6, 2017 -
Traffic partially open on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Only partial traffic for stranded vehicles was allowed on Saturday on the Jammu-Srinagar highway which has remained closed due to landslides. "After remaining closed for two days due to multiple landslides in Jammu's Ramban sector, the highway was partially restored," a traffic official said. "Only stranded vehicles will be cleared today (Saturday) and no traffic …
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February 4, 2017 -
Landslides block Jammu-Srinagar highway
Scores of vehicles remained stranded on Friday as landslides have blocked the Jammu-Srinagar highway. No traffic will be allowed on the highway from Jammu or Srinagar as road clearance operations are ongoing. The landslides hit Ramban district's Mehar area on Thursday evening.
February 3, 2017 -
One-way traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway
One-way traffic will be allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday, officials here said. "Vehicles will be allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar and no vehicle will be allowed to move from the opposite direction," a Traffic Department official said. Since it was re-opened for traffic on Sunday after remaining closed for five …
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February 2, 2017 -
Kashmir remains cut off from rest of country
Kashmir remained cut off from the rest of the country for the second day on Saturday due to heavy snowfall in many areas over the past four days as the mercury fell below freezing point at most places with Gulmarg recording the coldest temperature in the state. The arterial Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for …
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January 7, 2017 -
Heavy snowfall closes Jammu-Srinagar highway
The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed on Friday due to heavy snowfall. The closure followed snowfall on both sides of the Jawahar tunnel, officials said.
January 6, 2017