Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remains closed, supply of essentials hit

The arterial Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the only all-weather road link between Kashmir and rest of the country, remained closed for the fifth consecutive day today, choking supply of essentials to the Valley where prices of commodities have more than doubled in the past week. "The Srinagar-Jammu road continues to remain closed for vehicular traffic in view of landslides at many places along the 294-km road. The road is slippery in certain snowbound areas," an official of the Traffic Control department told PTI. He said inclement weather was hampering efforts to restore traffic on the arterial highway.