Landslides disrupt traffic on J&K’s Mughal road

JAMMU: The historic 86km-long Mughal Road in Jammu & Kashmir was closed on Monday due to landslides triggered by heavy rain.

According to traffic police officials, heavy showers caused landslides at different spots in Poshana area, forcing the closure of the road — which connects south Kashmir’s Shopian with Jammu’s Poonch and Rajouri districts — for vehicular traffic.

The administration has pressed men and machinery into service to restore traffic on the road, which serves as an alternative to the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the main lifeline of

Kashmir valley

.

DSP

traffic Aftab

Hussain Shah

said, “Routine traffic will only be restored after receiving a green signal from district officials and traffic police personnel posted at different places.”