The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and Mughal Road were closed for vehicular traf🎶fic due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by heavy rain at several places in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban and Poonch districts on Friday, officials said.
A few hundred vehicles, including those carrying a batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims, are stranded on the highway, they said. Heav🌳y rains triggered shooting of stones at Mehaar and Cafeteria Morh in Ramban, blockin🙈g the highway, the officials said.
A convoy of 174 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims has been halted at Chanderkoo♎t Yatra Niwas till clearance of the road, they said. Vehicular traffic on the historic Mughal Road in Poonch was suspende𒊎d on Friday due to a landslide triggered by heavy rains, according to the officials.
The road, which connects Poonch and Rajouri districts in Jammu region with Shopian in South Kashmi, is an alternative route to the Jammu-Srinagar National Highwa♈y. The restoration work of the twin roads to Kashmir is in progress, they said.
People are advised not to travel on 🧔J꧃ammu-Srinagar Highway without confirmation from traffic authorities, the officials added.
(With PTI Inputs)
