Jammu, July 31 -- The 250-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic on Friday, officials said.
The closure was put in place to facilitate widening of the carriageway and removal of overhanging debris at vulnerable locations between Udhampur and Banihal, following passage of a batch of around 1,600 pilgrims from the Jammu base camp to the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir at around 2.42 am, they said.
"In view of the suspension of traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the movement of all kinds of vehicles shall remain suspended between Jakheni in Udhampur and the Navyug tunnel in Banihal of Ramban district to facilitate restorat...