Nation View: Jammu-Srinagar highway closed after being blocked by boulders

Nation View: The traffic on Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended after being blocked by boulders which came rolling down from a hillock overlooking the arterial road, officials said. The nearly 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blocked by heavy boulders near Peera in Ramban district, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) traffic, national highway, Sanjay Bhagat said, adding efforts are on to clear the highway. No damage or casualty was reported in the incident. It caused a massive traffic jam on the road leaving thousands of passengers stranded, another police official said.