Srinagar: Traffic was suspended on Tuesday on 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh highway due to some repair work, a traffic police official said.

“We have suspended traffic on the Ladakh highway since Tuesday morning after a message was received from Beacon authorities that some immediate repair was being done Tuesday, a traffic police official said.

He said Beacon authorities are carrying some blasting for road repairing and widening. However, he said, as soon as green signal is received from the Beacon authorities and traffic police officials posted at different places on the highway, traffic will be resumed.