Despite intermittent landslides and shooting stones, one way traffic will ply on the national highway, as the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country was opened on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the National Highway and historic 86 km long Mughal road, remained closed due to accumulation of several feet snow since December.
There will be widespread rain or snow in the Jammu and Kashmir for 48 hour from tomorrow, which could again affect surface and air traffic, forecast says.
On Tuesday, the 300 km long highway was open for only one way, when vehicles will ply from Srinagar to Jammu and no vehicle will be allowed from opposite directions, said by a traffic police officer.
However, the mismanagement of traffic regulations caused heavy traffic jam on the highway, people travelling on the highway complained.
Sudden intermittent landslides and shooting stones are taking place on the highway, particularly in Ramban and Ramsu area, including Penthal and Batery Cheshma.
For the maintenance of the highway, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Border Roads Organisations (BRO) are immediately clearing the landslides and stones to allow traffic movement, he said.
A soldier was injured when a stone hit a vehicle at Penthal on Monday and vehicle was damaged. However, no one else was injured. To immediately stop traffic, we have deployed personnel at different places, particularly in landslides and shooting stone prone areas on the highway to avoid any accident when there is a danger of shooting stones, he said.
Due to accumulation of snow, landslides and shooting stones, the Kashmir highway remained closed for six days.
The highway reopened on January 27 afternoon and majority stranded vehicles were cleared. Yesterday traffic was allowed from Jammu to Srinagar.
The historic 86 km long Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region also received fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours.
However, on the highway from border town of Kargil to Leh, traffic was plying.
The construction of tunnel at Zojila pass to make it all weather road was demanded by the people of Kargil and Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberi.
The Government of India (GoI) has already sanctioned construction of tunnel. However, no contractor has so far come forward to construct it.