The annual Amarnath Yatra encountered a brief disruption on Friday morning after overnight rains triggered fresh landslides and mudslides on 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials informed.
“The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blocked due to landslides and mudslides at multiple places following heavy rains on Thursday night in Ramban district. The NHAI was immediately pressed into service and we are hopeful of restoring the affected stretches by another one to two hours,” Shabir Malik, SSP Traffic national highway, said.
No fresh vehicle will be allowed from either side till the debris is cleared. However, he informed that the fresh batch of Amarnath yatris, who left Jammu on Friday morning, reached Yatri Niwas camps in Ramban. Ramban is 121 kms from Jammu city.
“They will leave for Pahalgam and Baltal base camps in Kashmir in another an hour or so,” he added.
