State-owned NHAI has already initiated process to handle such emergency situation and also taking all possible measures to avoid such incidents in future, said an official statement on May 22.
Deputy Commissioner of Ramban said that L-G of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha has also announced 1 lakh ex gratia from the relief fund.
The officials identified three bodies and said that they all hailed from West Bengal.
Several machines and vehicles, including bulldozers and trucks, which were parked on front side of the tunnel, suffered damage.
As a result, many heavy motor vehicles (HMVs) and light motor vehicles (LMVs) are stranded at different points on the highway, the sources said.
The Army has setup three schools at Nathatop, Patnitop and Sanasar, the spokesman said. A total of 85 children, including 36 girls, have been enrolled in these schools, which will remain functional for three months or till moving back of the ‘deras’ before winter
The vehicle was on its way to Srinagar from Jammu with a group of labourers from Chhattisgarh when the accident occurred at around 5:30 am near Khuni Nallah in Ramban district, they said.
A road passing through J&K's Ramban recently received heavy rockfall.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides in Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said. Traffic on the highway has been suspended after the landslide hit the road near Peera on the highway.
The highway has been reopened for vehicular traffic on Friday after remaining closed for 15 hours in Ramban district Jammu & Kashmir.
A woman, identified as Darshana Devi of Ballot, and her three daughters died due to serious burn injuries, the officials said.
The 270-km-long highway, which is the only all-weather road link between Kashmir and the rest of the country, was blocked by the landslide at the Digdol area in the district on Thursday night, they said.
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