Jammu: Rajouri-Jammu-Poonch highway was block near Rajal Nowshera and traffic through the thoroughfare has been diverted via Kalakote after a portion of the road caved in and an under-construction culvert was damaged amid rains on Friday, officials said.

They said that this morning the road portion and the under-construction culvert subsided near Rajal top due to rain and the traffic movement came to standstill.

Due to the damage, leaving the thoroughfare unmotorable, the traffic was diverted via Kalote, a police official said.

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