1,000 vehicles stranded on Jammu-Srinagar NH
JAMMU: Heavy traffic jams were witnessed on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Nagotra toll post on Friday as authorities did not allow fresh kashmir-bound traffic due to bad weather, triggering drivers’ protests.“Everybody is informed that the highway is closed. No vehicle in any circumstances will be allowed to move towards Kashmir”, a policeman carrying a microphone announced at the Nagrota traffic checkpost.
However, a traffic police official at traffic police control (TPCR) said there is a traffic jam on the highway but the highway is open for traffic. Over 1000 vehicles have been stranded at various places.
When the highway will reopen, the bus and truck drivers will be allowed to move towards Kashmir, the policeman said. As a result of the stoppage of vehicles, heavy jam of vehicles is seen on the highway for several kilometers.Drivers said they moved towards Kashmir only after a go ahead from traffic police but have been stopped.
Alleging traffic mismanagement, drivers held protests on the highway. They also parked vehicles on the highway resulting in total shutdown of the highway.
LEH SHIVERS AT -20°C
SRINAGAR : The temperature in Kashmir dropped to -5.6°C on Thursday night, the office of the meteorological department said on Friday. The minimum temperature across Kashmir and Ladakh remained several below the freezing point on Friday owing to a clear sky, an official of the department said, adding that the minimum temperature in the city had dropped by – 0.6°C from the -5°C temperadegrees ture the previous night.
He said Leh town in Ladakh recorded a low of -20.7 °C.