Meer Irfan
A woman gave birth to the child on cot in Zakran area of Shopian as most parts of the Kashmir valley remains cut-of amid the admin’s unpreparedness for snow.
Locals from Zakran told The Kashmiriyat that a pregnant woman from Shopian gave birth to the child on the cot as she was being shifted to the nearby hospital on shoulders amid the road blockade in the Shopian area.
They said that the woman was being carried to the hospital on a cot on Tuesday morning as the vehicular movement has been hit on the snow covered roads.
Due to continuous snowfall, the roads are yet to be cleared and the administration has failed to clear the roads amid a heavy snowfall.
As Kashmir valley remains wrapped in snow, many areas have been cut off especially down in South Kashmir, where road connectivity and electricity has ben severely hit. The administration has set up control rooms across all districts, however, the snow remains unremoved from most of the parts other than in the urban localities.
The traffic police has ordered that no vehicles will be allowed to move on the Jammu-Srinagar highway due to accumulation of snow and landslides near Ramban. The deputy commissioner, Ramban, said that condition of the highway was bad at the Jawahar Tunnel where efforts were being made to clear the snow.
Reports said that since yesterday hundreds of people were stranded at various places on the highway. Several others were stranded in Jammu and Srinagar.
The MeT department has announced inclement weather in J&K for next few days. The Srinagar-Leh highway has been officially closed on the orders by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir since 30 December.