Jammu: Thousand of vehicles and passengers are stranded as the busiest Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed on the third consecutive day due to heavy snowfall.
“Due to heavy snowfall on January 16, the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway got blocked thus, throwing normal life out of gear,” a police spokesman this morning said.
About 1200 vehicles plying towards Jammu to Srinagar including trucks, cars and passenger taxis were stranded on the highway at different destinations while thousands of Valley-based passengers also got stuck at General Bus Stand here, the spokesman informed.
“Directions have been issued by the authorities in the wake of inclement weather and poor conditions that no vehicle will be allowed to move on the highway unless the road is cleared of snow to avoid any untoward incident,” he added.
Vehicles are stranded along the highway at Sidhra, Nagrota, Udhampur and Batote areas after snowfall.
“The BRO men are on job and traffic will resume only after clearance of snow,” he said.
The government has made appropriate arrangement of food and lodging for the stranded passengers but the passengers also demonstrated yesterday, demanding airlifting services to reach their destinations. (KMW News)
