Over a Dozen Injured in Nayug Tunnel Crash, Traffic Halted

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SRINAGAR: At least a dozen people were injured in a road accident inside the Banihal-Qazigund Nayug Tunnel on Wednesday evening.

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Banihal-Qazigund Tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Operational since August 2021, the 8.45 km twin tube tunnel has revolutionised travel between the twin cities of Jammu and Kashmir. KL Image: Masood Hussain

Officials said that an SRTC bus met with an accident inside the Banihal-Qazigund Nayug Tunnel, leaving around a dozen people wounded. Their condition was being ascertained when the report was last filed.

They said the bus was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar. “The traffic inside the tunnel has been suspended,” officials said, adding that all the injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital in Qazigund for treatment.

More details are awaited. (KNO)

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