The site visitors on Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway was disrupted for a number of hours on Sunday to restore some cracks that had been discovered in the course of the highway close to Banihal, officers stated.
The vehicular motion on the 270-km freeway – the one all climate highway linking Kashmir with the remainder of the nation – was stopped from either side round 11.30 am after “some cracks developed in the course of the highway at Hingni in Ramban district, ” officers of the site visitors division stated.
After over five-hours of restoration work, the stranded site visitors on the freeway was restored, they stated.
The freeway is witnessing frequent disruptions over the previous 5 days owing to heavy rains that triggered landslides, mudslides and taking pictures stones from the hillocks at a number of locations together with Mehad, Gangroo, Kishtwari Pather and Dalwas between Nashri and Banihal Tunnels – probably the most problematic stretch of the arterial highway.
The Nationwide Freeway Authority of India (NHAI), nonetheless, managed to maintain the freeway open by guaranteeing well timed clearance of landslide particles.
The freeway is being upgraded to four-lane and the work on the venture has been occurring since 2011. The work which included a variety of small and main tunnels, bridges and flyovers is prone to be accomplished by subsequent 12 months after lacking a number of deadlines over the previous decade
