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| Roads to Keran, Karnah reopens; border towns of Machil, Gurez remain cutoff | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 5: Roads to dozens of far-flung and remote villages, including border towns of Keran and Karnah, reopened on Sunday after remaining closed for a day due to slippery road conditions and accumulation of snow. However, the Kupwara-Machil and Gurez-Bandipora roads in north Kashmir remained closed for the second successive day on Sunday due to accumulation of snowfall and slippery road conditions. ''Traffic on Kupwara-Keran road was allowed to ply on Sunday morning after improvement in weather and clearance of over 1.5 feet of snow,'' an official of Police Control Room (PCR), Kupwara, told UNI over the phone. He said after clearing over a foot of snow on Kupwara-Karnah road, traffic to the remote border town was allowed from Sunday morning. ''Vehicular movement was also allowed towards different remote and far-flung areas in north Kashmir on Sunday,'' he added.
Traffic was suspended on roads leading to Keran, Karnah and other far flung areas in north Kashmir on Saturday following slippers road conditions and accumulation of snow. However, snow clearance operations on these roads were taken up following improvement in the weather conditions.
Meanwhile, the official said Kupwara-Machil road remained closed due to accumulation of snow and slippery road conditions for the second day on Sunday. ''Roads leading to dozens of far-flung and remote villages also remained closed due to fresh snowfall since Saturday morning,'' he said. Snow clearance operation has been initiated and traffic will be restores to these areas only after clearing the accumulated snow, he added.
Border areas of Gurez, Neeru and dozens of other areas also remained cutoff from district headquarter Bandipora due to accumulation snow on the road. ''About 80 per cent of the road has been damaged and traffic has been suspended till further orders,'' official said.
He said it is highly unlikely that the traffic to the border town will be resumes before March.
The authorities have already pressed into service snow clearance machines and cutters to clear the snow and put through the road, which used to shut for six winter months in the past. The government has approved a tunnel at Razdan pass to make it an all weather road. |
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