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Jammu-Srinagar highway closed after heavy snowfall

Jammu: Fresh snowfall and landslides on Monday forced closure of the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway. An official of the traffic department told IANS that due to fresh snowfall in Banihal sector and landslide at Panthal in Ramban district of Jammu region, vehicular movement on the highway was halted Monday morning. “There was a landslide at Panthal near Ramban town due to heavy rainfall in the area during the night. The over 300-km-long highway is the landlocked Kashmir Valley’s only surface link with the rest of the country, although a rail link connects the Valley with Banihal town through an over 11-km-long tunnel across the Pir Panjal mountain range.

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