Kashmir Snow- Highways Closed, Flight Operations Hit too

Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed due to landslides, mudslides, and shooting stones at several places, officials said on Thursday.

In a tweet, traffic police said the highway remains closed for vehicular movement due to landslides/mudslides and shooting stones at several places.

The authorities are clearing snow off the roads at the Jawahar tunnel.

The Mughal road that connects Shopian with Poonch-Rajouri districts, Srinagar-Leh highway and Sinthan road, connecting Anantnag and Kishtwar districts also remained closed due to snowfall.

Meanwhile, the Airport authorities of India in a tweet said, “All flights at Srinagar Airport are delayed due to low visibility. The operations will commence on weather improvement.”

In the last two days, 79 flights to and from the Srinagar airport were canceled while only seven could operate. While 42 flights were canceled on Tuesday, as many as 37 could not operate on Wednesday.

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