Jammu

Day 2: Srinagar-Jammu National Highway closed for vehicular movement

JAMMU (KIMS) — Due to heavy rains, the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has been closed for vehicular movement for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, officials said. The highway has been closed for vehicular movement due to landslides, mudslides and shooting stones between Ramban and Banihal section. Officials said, “Jammu-Srinagar NHW (NH-44) is blocked due to […]

Jammu

Inclement Weather: Srinagar-Jammu National Highway closed for vehicular movement

JAMMU (KIMS) — In view of the inclement weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities on Monday closed Srinagar-Jammu National Highway for vehicular movement. According to Traffic Officials, the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has been closed for vehicular movement due to mudslide at Mehad-Cafteria in Ramban and landslide at Tabela Chamalwass in Banihal. The mudslide […]

Jammu

Banihal-Sangaldan section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link to open on February 20

NEW DELHI — The Indian Railways will start train services on the Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan section, a 48.1-kilometre-long significant segment of the country’s most ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project, on February 20. “We will get a step closure to realise our dream to connect Srinagar with Kanyakumari,” a source in the railways told PTI. “The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail […]

Jammu

CRS conducts inspection on Banihal-Sangaldan section of Kashmir rail project

JAMMU — Commissioner of Railways Safety D C Deshwal on Friday completed his two-day inspection of recently completed 48-km-long Banihal-Sangaldan section along the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), officials said. Sangaldan railway station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district falls between Banihal and Katra on the remaining 111-km stretch of the USBRL project, which on […]