Rajouri: The Mughal Road was restored for vehicular movement on Tuesday evening after remaining closed for three days since Sunday morning.
The road was closed after the snowfall in the area and the road stretch from Poshana to Pir Ki Gali on the Poonch side and the area towards the Shopian side got covered under snow.
Officials said that the Poonch sub-division of the Mechanical Engineering Department launched a snow-clearance operation on the road on Monday morning and the operation concluded on Monday evening.
“After the completion of the snow clearance operation from the Shopian side, the movement of vehicles was restored on Tuesday evening,” the officials said.
Talking to Greater Kashmir, Deputy SP Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Range, Aftab Shah said, “We have reopened the road and around 40 vehicles moved over it on Tuesday evening.”
He said that the movement of vehicles would remain normal if the weather remains fair on Wednesday.