Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended on Wednesday morning after heavy rain triggered shooting of stones at a few places in Ramban district that left a truck driver dead and two others injured, officials said.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach the highway township of Banihal from Ramban district headquarters during the day.
An official of the traffic department said the shooting stones from the hillocks overlooking the highway at a couple of places between Ramban and Banihal forced suspension of traffic.
The shooting stones were triggered by heavy rain at Mehar and Panthiyal, he said, adding that the road clearance agencies are ready with their men and machines to make the road traffic worthy once the shooting of stones stops.
