Banihal/Udhampur/Jammu
Hundreds of autos, stranded for 4 days, had been allowed in direction of Kashmir on Friday night time as a method was restored on the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway after freshly constructing a street stretch to switch the one washed away in flash floods, officers mentioned.

The 270-km freeway was blocked since Tuesday attributable to landslides, mudslides and capturing stones at 33 locations in Ramban and Udhampur districts.

“The highway has been reopened for traffic. On June 20, the highway was closed due to shooting stones at Panthiyal. So, traffic was stranded”, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) nationwide freeway, Shabir Ahmad Malik instructed reporters on Friday night time.

Malik mentioned whereas all blockades had been eliminated and site visitors cleared, the key drawback of washing away of the street patch at Dewal bridge close to Samroli on June 21 took three-and-half-days to be cleared.

“The base of road was washed away. A new road patch was created and traffic was restored tonight”, he mentioned.

Traffic was allowed in direction of Kashmir, and with this, over 1,500 autos that had been stranded since nearly 4 days, together with the convoys carrying langars for the Amarnath Yatra, had been let go, he mentioned.

On Saturday, site visitors from Srinagar to Jammu shall be allowed, he added.

A 150-feet-long street stretch and an under-construction bridge on the freeway had been additionally washed away attributable to flash floods triggered by heavy rains.

On Thursday night, officers had been upbeat about clearing the roughly 1,300 stranded autos on the freeway by this night, saying the street clearance work was being carried out on a struggle footing.

However, it took a serious hit this afternoon as a recent landslide occurred on the hill high, bringing the restoration work at Dewal bridge close to Samroli to a halt, officers mentioned.

Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam, who personally monitored the street clearance operation, mentioned the district administration made preparations for night time keep, meals and different amenities for the stranded passengers.

“The shuttering of under-construction Peerah bridge was washed away due to heavy rains (on highway)”, a police official mentioned, including that the one which is generally used for site visitors is secure.In Udhampur district, a 150-foot stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar freeway was washed away on Wednesday close to Toldi Nallah, 16 kilometers away from the city, they mentioned.