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Landslides cause Srinagar-Jammu highway blockade

Jammu, March 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only surface link of Kashmir Valley with the rest of the world, was blocked due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains, today, in Ramban district. Vehicular traffic on the highway was disrupted due to multiple landslides forcing hundreds of vehicles to halt at different places.

 

There were several landslides triggered by heavy rains in Banihal and Ramban areas on the highway, officials said. Reports said that over 400 vehicles, mostly comprising trucks, are stranded at different places in Jammu, Udhampur, Ramban, Batote, Chenani, Banihal and Patnitop areas on the highway.

 

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