Two-way traffic restored on Srinagar-Leh highway

The Sonamarag-Drass stretch of the strategic 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway re-opened for traffic movement for all kinds of vehicles today afternoon.The road remained closed for a day and was reopened for two way traffic today.

Officials said that the Sonamarag-Drass stretch of the highway was closed on Wednesday due to fresh snowfall, slippery conditions and apprehension of landslides and shooting stones on the Zojilla stretch.

However it has been thrown open for traffic movement after clearing the road and after improvement in the weather conditions in the area.

“After receiving the vehicles at Sonamrag coming from Drass this afternoon around 272 HMVs excluding oil tankers have moved from Sonamrag towards Drass till 3PM,” an official said. “The movement  of HMVs moving towards Drass is on and its  number will increase till scheduled time late afternoon.”