Banihal/Jammu: The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended for a few hours on Monday due to falling of stones from hillocks in Ramban district, officials said.
The road was blocked at Chamalwas near Banihal town at 9.45 am onwards, the officials said.
The restoration work on the highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the world, was started, they said, adding the road clearance agency moved its men and machinery to clear the debris. On Tuesday, both way traffic will be allowed subject to fair weather.
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