Srinagar, Sept. 16 -- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the Centre is committed to restoring the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) at the earliest, after holding a review meeting through video conferencing with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and senior J&K officials.

In a post on X, Gadkari said he chaired a review on the status of NH-44 with the CM and officers of the UT administration.

Despite relentless rains and a major hill slide, NHAI teams are working to keep the highway operational. A two-lane temporary diversion has been built and traffic movement resumed, with over a dozen excavators and 50+ earthmovers pressed into service round the clock for clearance and repair works, the post added.

He said efforts are...