File Photo: Trucks lined-up on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
The Jammu-Srinagar National highway was closed on Sunday for vehicular traffic following massive landslides trigger by ongoing rainfall blocked the road at several places.
"The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed for vehicular traffic following massive landslides that were triggered by ongoing heavy rainfall across the state", a traffic police (NH) officer said.
The highway was closed after massive landslide triggered by heavy rainfall blocked the highway near Ramsoo area of Ramban district.
"The landslide took place at Ramsoo this evening blocking the highway", he said.
As a precautionary measure the movement of vehicular traffic was stopped near Udhampur this evening and no vehicle was allowed to move ahead from Udhampur after 3:30PM.
"As a precautionary measure we stopped the traffic at Udhampur from 3:30 PM onwards", he said.
The officer said that the ongoing rainfall was hampering the road opening operation.
"Road opening work cannot be carried out during the night as it is still raining and we don t want to put our men and machinery at the risk of the shooting stones and landslides", he said.
He said that the road opening work would be restored tomorrow morning if the rain stops.
Meanwhile the Batote, Doda highway has also been closed for the movement of vehicular traffic due to the ongoing rainfall.