The Kashmir highway was today briefly closed for traffic following multiple landslides triggered by incessant rains.
Rains caused multiple landslides at Mehar and Seeri and triggered shooting of stones from a hillock at Panthyal, forcing the closure of the highway early this morning, a spokesman of the traffic control room said.
He said men and machines of the BRO were immediately pressed into service and the highway was opened for traffic around 1030 hours after few hours of closure.
“Srinagar-bound light passenger vehicles, which were stopped at several places, were given priority and cleared for travel on the highway,” the spokesman said.
He said the vehicles included those carrying Amarnath pilgrims to the Valley for undertaking the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine.
Since the highway has been restricted to one-way as a precautionary measure, only Jammu-bound vehicles would be allowed to ply on the highway today.