Jammu: Mughal Road, connecting twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian, reopened after remaining closed for 12 hours due to stone-slide at Shakargah.

Official sources said that that the historic throughfare reopened for traffic a shortwhile ago. DySP Traffic Rajouri Poonch Range, Aftab Bukhari confirmed it to local news agency GNS.

Meanwhile Authorities said that traffic was plying on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with outside world. SSG Road was through for the traffic, they added.