Jammu, Sept. 9 -- Nearly 12,000 km of road length, including the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, suffered damage in the recent floods and landslides in the Union Territory, officials said.
Restoration work on the damaged Udhampur-Ramban stretch is going on a war footing and expected to be restored by this evening, they said.
"Out of the total road length of 42,000 km, around 12,000 km suffered damage due to recent flash floods," Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, Anil Kumar Singh said.
He said this while giving a presentation about the overall road infrastructure maintained and damaged in floods before Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary here on Monday.
Officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) gave a ...