Srinagar, March 6 -- After remaining closed for weekly maintenance on Friday, traffic was resumed on Saturday on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country.
Meanwhile, the 86-km-long historic Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region remained closed due to accumulation of snow since December last year. However, the Mechanical Engineering Department (MED) has started snow clearance operation following major improvement in the weather.
Snow clearance operation by Beacon was going on war footing on the national highway, connecting Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh with Kashmir which remained closed since January 1, 2021 due to ...