, April 22 -- SRINAGAR: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah Tuesday said that the government will try hard to open the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway within 24 hours.

Speaking to the reporters, Omar as per KNO said, "Our first priority was to protect the innocent lives stuck in the landslides and we evacuated them swiftly."

"Now our priority would be to reconnect the National Highway because until we reconnect and reconstruct the road, it is not possible for us to send the material to Ramban," he said.

Omar further said, "Officials have assured me that they will restore single traffic towards the highway."

He said, "For the three consecutive days, the administration visited the Ramban. On the first day, the Deputy Chie...