JAMMU — The 250-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic on Friday, officials said. The closure was put in place to facilitate widening of the carriageway and removal of overhanging debris at vulnerable locations between Udhampur and Banihal, following passage of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The District Administration Udhampur has ordered a complete suspension of traffic on the Udhampur-Chenani section of National Highway-44 (NH-44) on July 31 to facilitate slope stabilisation and restoration works near Ladha, Samroli. According to an order issued by the Office of the District Magistrate Udhampur, the decision was taken on the request […]
JAMMU — A fresh landslide on Monday blocked the 250-km Jammu–Srinagar National Highway in the Udhampur district, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, while the main bridge in the Doda district was temporarily closed to vehicular movement after suspected cracks triggered a safety inspection, officials said. A massive landslide struck the strategic Jammu–Srinagar National Highway at […]
JAMMU — Flash floods hit the Barkuanda area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district early Friday, causing damage to several houses and prompting the evacuation of affected families, officials said. The district administration evacuated three affected families to the government middle school at Barkuanda as a precautionary measure, they said. No casualties have been reported […]
JAMMU — Seven shops were damaged on Monday due to land subsidence triggered by heavy rains along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district, officials said. Heavy rains also triggered flash floods in the upper Kither-Narsu belt of Udhampur, resulting in land subsidence along the highway, they said. Seven shops, including a restaurant, were damaged […]
JAMMU — Six people, including five Amarnath pilgrims, were injured after their vehicle collided with a dumper truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur early Saturday, officials said. The vehicle was part of a convoy carrying more than 3,600 pilgrims that had left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for Kashmir to undertake the annual […]
JAMMU — Six Amarnath pilgrims were injured, one of them critically, when a vehicle carrying them overturned on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district on Friday, officials said. The accident took place near Toldi Nallah on the Udhampur-Chenani stretch of the highway when the vehicle carrying the pilgrims to the Pahalgam base camp skidded […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they destroyed over 3.7 tonnes of seized narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as part of the Government of India’s Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan. According to a police statement, the destruction was carried out by the District Drug Disposal Committee (DDDC), Udhampur, under the chairmanship of […]
JAMMU — A commercial property belonging to an alleged drug peddler was demolished and another property attached in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Five drug peddlers, including a woman, were also arrested with narcotic substances amid an intensified anti-drug campaign across the Jammu region, a police spokesperson said. He said […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday announced that a proposal to construct a new two-lane tube tunnel parallel to the existing Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee tunnel on the Chenani-Nashri stretch, connecting Udhampur with Ramban district, has been approved. Describing the development as “another good news for Udhampur,” Singh expressed gratitude to Union transport […]