A batch of 2244 pilgrims, which had left here in a fleet of 49 vehicles around 5am, was not allowed to proceed further by the authorities as landslides had occurred due to heavy rains near Panthal.
The Amarnath pilgrims were today stranded on Jammu-Srinagar highway due to landslides triggered by heavy rains between Ramban and Ramsu.
A batch of 2244 pilgrims, which had left here in a fleet of 49 vehicles around 5am, was not allowed to proceed further by the authorities as landslides had occurred due to heavy rains near Panthal, about 165 km from here, officials said here.
The authorities have made temporary arrangements for lodging of the stranded pilgrims at Ramban, they said, adding they would be allowed to proceed further to their respective destinations at Baltal and Pahalgam base camps after the rubble from landslides is cleared.
Reports from Srinagar said it was also raining heavily at many places along the highway and on trekking routes leading to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas.
Meanwhile, movement of vehicular traffic on Jammu-Pathankote national highway was restored this afternoon, they said.
Heavy rains lashed Jammu region triggering flash floods in several canals and river Ujh in Hiranagar and Kathua belts along Jammu-Pathankote national highway at Hiranagar and Jasrota village this morning, they said.
As a result of flash floods in the canal, traffic was blocked on the highway at some places for a few hours. However, it was resumed in the afternoon, they said.