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On Saturday, heavy rains triggered landslides due to which the Jammu-Srinagar highway gets blocked, leaving 3,000 vehicles stranded, according to traffic department officials.

As per officials, more than 1,000 vehicles were cleared from Srinagar to Jammu on Friday after which landslides and shooting stones at multiple places in Ramban district again blocked the highway. 

Information shared by Officials 

“It is heavily raining in Udhampur and Ramban districts along the Jammu-Srinagar highway. For the safety of the travellers, no traffic is being allowed this time. All vehicles stranded on the highway are parked at safe places," said a department official. 

As per the reports, snowfall is continuing in Patnitop and Banihal areas of the highway.

The highway is significant because it leads to supplies of all essential commodities and the landlocked Kashmir Valley is routed through this key route.