Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was reopened for one-way traffic on Sunday afternoon. The highway was closed on Saturday due to heavy snowfall and landslides.
A snow clearance operation along the Jawahar tunnel and Qazigund was launched at around 5 am on Sunday morning and highway was cleared after nine hours.
SSP Ramban said over 300 stranded passengers, including tourists, who were evacuated during a late night rescue operation across the Jawahar tunnel and brought to Banihal, were allowed to move towards Jammu.
The preference is being given to the stranded vehicles and once these are cleared, the traffic would be allowed from Srinagar to Jammu. (Agencies)
