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Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked in rain

          Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed for the eighth consecutive day on Sunday as landslides and shooting stones continued to play havoc. The highway is badly affected with incessant rains, forcing the traffic movement one-way occasionally, as a precautionary measure to avoid accidents. Around 6000 passengers along with a 1000 vehicles, including trucks loaded with essential commodities, are stranded on the highway after it was closed last Sunday, due to heavy rains. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and local authorities are working hard to make the 300-km-long highway fully motorable as soon as possible, officials said. More than 2000 people have been provided with relief by the Divisional Administration, Jammu , and the State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC), in the past two weeks SRTC buses were operated with passengers stranded at Jammu since March 10 up to Penthal. These passengers crossed Penthal on foot to board vehicles on the other side for Srinagar as there was no other alternative.
-March 18,  2007