Fresh snowfall in Kashmir affects air, road traffic
The Hindu
Only stranded vehicles will be allowed to move towards their respective destinations once the road is reopened, the district official said
Fresh snowfall in Kashmir on February 11 affected air and surface traffic as the Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed for vehicles due to shooting stones and flights were delayed because of poor visibility, officials said.
The highway too remained closed on Friday and Thursday due to shooting stones at Panthyal and many other places in Ramban district.
Flights scheduled to arrive at Srinagar international airport were delayed due to poor visibility caused by the fresh spell of snowfall.
"Flights will resume only after improvement in the visibility," an official of the Airport Authority of India said.
Snowfall has been going on in most places in the Kashmir Valley since early morning.
An official of the traffic control department said the work on the restoration of the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway was going on and vehicular movement may resume later in the day.
The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed on Thursday following multiple landslides between Panthiyal and Ramsu in Ramban district, leaving over 1,000 vehicles including passenger vehicles stranded at different places.
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