Jammu-Srinagar highway remains shut :

JAMMU, January 26:

The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed today for the 6th consecutive day stranding scores of valley-bound passengers in Jammu.

"Shooting stones continue at many places in the Ramban district.

Landslides again hit the highway in Gagroo, Anokhi Fall and Battery Chashma area even as debris clearance operations were underway," a traffic department official said.

Two policemen, including a junior officer were injured by shooting stones on Friday.

For the safety of passengers it has been decided not to allow traffic on the highway, the official added.

Over 2,000 trucks, most of them carrying essentials to the Kashmir Valley have been stranded at various places on the highway.

Stranded passengers in Jammu have appealed to the government to arrange for airlifting them.