Narrow escape for 3 as landslide shut NH

BANIHAL: Three persons had a very narrow escape when their truck came under the landslide debris at Ramban, resulting into the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Thursday.
Over a thousand vehicles have been stranded on both sides of the roads, even as man and machinery has been pressed to clear the debris.
“The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic on Thursday due to a landslide in Ramban district that left over 1,000 vehicles stranded,” officials said.
“Three persons had a narrow escape when a truck came under the landslide debris and got trapped at Mehar belt in Ramban,” they said.
The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by the landslide around 5 pm, officials said, adding men and machinery have been deployed to clear the area.
Suresh Sharma, Deputy Superintendent of Police (traffic), national highway said efforts are on to clear the highway of debris.