Jammu Srinagar National Highway

One feared dead, six injured as avalanche hits Kargil

Press Trust of India | Friday April 26, 2013

One person was feared dead while six others were injured as avalanches hit two trucks and a load carrier along 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway.

Jammu and Kashmir highway reopens for one-way traffic

Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 6, 2013

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened on Wednesday for one-way vehicular traffic after being closed for three days due to snowfall.

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway blocked due to landslide

Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 18, 2012

The 300-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar national highway, linking Kashmir Valley to rest of the country, was on Tuesday blocked due to major landslide in Ramban district.

Jammu-Srinagar highway reopens, 2,000 stranded vehicles cleared

Press Trust of India | Sunday December 16, 2012

Over 2,000 vehicles which were stranded for the last three days on the 300-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway due to snowfall and landslides were cleared as the route was reopened for one-way traffic movement today.

Amarnath Yatra: Pilgrim killed in road accident, two injured

Press Trust of India | Friday June 29, 2012

An Amarnath pilgrim was killed and two other injured on Thursday when the mini-bus they were travelling in was hit by another vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, police said.

Tourists stranded as farmers block Jammu-Srinagar highway over water supply

Press Trust of India | Thursday June 14, 2012

Thousands of passengers, including tourists, are stranded on the 294-km-long Jammu-Srinagar highway as farmers blocked the road at Awantipora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district demanding proper water supply for irrigation purposes.

Road once used by Mughal emperors unites lovers and others

Reported by Zaffar Iqbal | Sunday June 10, 2012

Road once used by MughRubina and Showkat fell in love and decided to get married two years ago. But the families of the young couple were not in favour of the alliance. The reason being distance - Rubina was from Srinagar while Showkat stayed 600 kil...

Three killed as truck falls into gorge on Jammu-Srinagar Highway

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 17, 2012

Four people were killed in two separate accidents on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district of the state. A truck, which was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar, skidded off the road and fell into a 200-feet deep gorge on Jammu-Srinagar...

300 vehicles stuck as snowfall shuts Srinagar-Jammu highway

Press Trust of India | Monday February 13, 2012

The vital Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed for traffic on Monday after heavy snowfall along the arterial route, leaving 250 passengers and 300 vehicles stranded. A traffic department official in Srinagar said the 294-km long highway was cl...

Traffic restored on Srinagar-Jammu highway

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday January 14, 2012

The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was reopened to traffic on Saturday and over a thousand vehicles moved towards their destinations on the road.

Jammu-Srinagar Highway closed for second day due to landslides

Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 15, 2011

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for traffic for the second consecutive day following landslides at Panthal."The highway is closed for traffic. There have been landslides at Panthal," an official of the Traffic Control Room said in Srinagar, adding it was unclear when the road would b...