Srinagar, March 2 -- The strategic 270-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar national highway was reopened for light motor vehicles after road restoration work was carried out on Saturday.The arterial road - the only all-weather road linking Kashmir to the rest of the country - was closed on Thursday evening following heavy snowfall and multiple landslides in Ramban district.Heavy rains had triggered shooting stones, mudslides and landslides at a dozen places, including Kishtwari Pather, Moum Passi, Hingni, Panthiyal, Mehar and Dalwas, while snowfall between Qazigund and Ramsu left the road slippery.A side of the road near Mehar has caved in, while a major landslide has blocked one tube of the Kunfer-Peerah tunnel.The road repair was hampered by conti...
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