Srinagar-Leh highway closed for third day

Srinagar: The national highway, connecting leh region with Kashmir, remained closed on Thursday due to landslides, while the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu and historic Mughal roads are through for traffic.

Meanwhile, a large number of Ladakh-bound vehicles, including trucks carrying essentials, were stranded at Sonamarg on the side of Zojila tunnel.
Similarly, Kashmir-bound vehicles have been stopped at Drass and other places, official source said.

Officials said men and machinery are on job to restore the road for traffic at an earliest.