Srinagar

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones and landslides in Ramban district on Monday.

 "Jammu-Srinagar national highway (NH-44) blocked at Cafeteria Morh, Mehad, in Ramban district due to continuous shooting stones," a JK Police statement said.

The highway is the lifeline of the Kashmir valley and the main road link connecting the latter with the rest of the country.

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Kashmir-bound trucks laden with essential supplies and other vehicles pass through the highway and fruit carrying trucks from Kashmir head for rest of the country through this road.