Mughal Road restored for traffic
The restoration of Srinagar-Jammu National Highway is expected to take a few days and Mughal Road is now the only direct means of surface connectivity to and fro Kashmir valley
Rajouri, Apr 20: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Sunday succeeded in restoring the Mughal Road, providing the much-needed relief in restoring surface connectivity of Kashmir with the rest of the country at a time when the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway got closed in Ramban district due to heavy rainfall and flash floods Saturday night.
The restoration of Srinagar-Jammu National Highway is expected to take a few days and Mughal Road is now the only direct means of surface connectivity to and fro Kashmir valley.
The road, connecting Rajouri and Poonch districts of Pir Panjal region with Shopian district of south Kashmir was closed since Friday evening.
The BRO on Saturday took up necessary road clearance work and expedited it on early Sunday morning.
“The road clearance work was going on but it was expedited soon after we came to know about the damage to the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway,” Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Surankote Farooq Khan told agency
He said that the road clearance work was completed on Sunday afternoon and traffic was restored immediately thereafter to facilitate the movement of all those people who were stuck at one place or the other due to the closure of Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.
