Snow closes Srinagar-Jammu national highway
January 8th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANSSrinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) The strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed for traffic Saturday evening due to fresh snowfall in the Jawahar tunnel area of the highway. “Traffic would only be restored Sunday after snow-clearance. No passenger vehicle are stranded on the highway,” G.M. Wadoo, Superintendent of Police (traffic), Rural Kashmir, told IANS.
He advised travellers not to undertake the journey before contacting local traffic control room. There are many avalanche and landslide prone areas along the 300 km-long highway
This is the second incident of the highway closing due to snow in the last fortnight. The highway was closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall in the Bannihal area Dec 30, 2010.
- Snowfall closes Srinagar-Jammu highway - Dec 30, 2010
- Heavy rains, snow force shutdown of JK highway for third day - Mar 03, 2011
- Landslides block Srinagar-Jammu highway again - Feb 22, 2012
- Srinagar-Jammu highway closed due to fresh snowfall - Mar 03, 2011
- Srinagar-Jammu highway closed due to landslides - Feb 24, 2011
- Heavy snowfall in Kashmir, avalanche warning issued (With Images) - Jan 15, 2012
- Srinagar-Jammu highway closed, avalanche warning in Valley - Feb 15, 2011
- Srinagar-Jammu highway closed for second day - Feb 05, 2012
- Fresh snowfall blocks Srinagar-Jammu highway - Jan 06, 2012
- Fresh snowfall blocks Srinagar-Jammu highway again - Feb 15, 2012
- Fresh snowfall closes Srinagar-Jammu highway - Apr 05, 2011
- Jammu- Srinagar National Highway reopens - Feb 28, 2011
- Srinagar-Jammu highway re-opened to traffic - Feb 16, 2012
- One-way traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway (With Images) - Jan 11, 2012
- Heavy snow blocks Kashmir highway - Feb 07, 2010
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