Srinagar,28 Jan( KNB) :The 270-km highway, the only all weather road, linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was opened for one-way traffic from Jammu to Srinagar on Monday.
It was restored on Sunday after remaining shut due to landslides for six consecutive days.
As per officials, heavy vehicles will be allowed first and later the light one, while no vehicles will be allowed to move from Srinagar to Jammu.
In addition to over 3,000 trucks carrying essential supplies to the Kashmir Valley, scores of valley-bound passengers had remained stranded here.
Shortages of essential items like mutton, poultry products and vegetables hit the valley during the period the strategic highway remained closed.
The valley remains dependent for supplies of poultry products, mutton and vegetables on the route especially during the winter months.
Meanwhile, Kashmir Valley, continued to reel under the intense cold wave conditions.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar on Sunday night settled at minus 3.5 degrees Celsius – two degrees down from minus 1.4 degrees Celsius the previous night.
Qazigund – the gateway town to the valley – in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5 degree Celsius, while nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 3.7 degrees Celsius on Sunday night.(KNB)
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