<span style="color: #222222;">The 270 km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remains closed for vehicular traffic for the third consecutive day today as a fresh and massive landslide in Digdol area struck the highway. Efforts to reopen the only all weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country have been hampered due to landslide. Over 4,000 vehicles, including those carrying passengers, were stranded at different places on the highway and they will be cleared on priority once the arterial road is opened for traffic.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;A traffic police official said men and machinery are on the job but given the volume of the debris, the possibility of the road opening today is almost impossible. About 2,500 Srinagar-bound vehicles crossed the Jawahar Tunnel after the road was cleared for stranded vehicles on Saturday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Fresh snowfall in the tunnel area and multiple landslides between Ramsoo and Panthiyal in Ramban district forced closure of the highway on Friday evening.</span><br />
News On AIR | December 23, 2019 11:54 AM
Jammu-Srinagar NH remains closed for third consecutive day