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| Traffic on Srinagar-Jammu, Srinagar-Leh NHs suspended | | |
Srinagar, Sept 01: Traffic on vital 300-km Srinagar-Jammu and 434-km Srinagar-Leh National highways was suspended on Thursday as upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir experienced snowfall while heavy rains lashed plains including the twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu, official sources said.
The traffic on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, only road linking Kashmir valley with rest of the country, was suspended this afternoon following landslides and shooting of stones at several places between Ramban and Ramsu, a road stretch of 23 kms, the sources said.
They said it was raining heavily all along the road, mostly passing through hilly areas, hampering the efforts of the Border Roads Organisation to clear the road.
The BRO, which maintains the highway, has kept its men and machines ready to restore the road once the weather improves, the sources said.
Similarly, the sources said landslide at Captain Morh on Srinagar-Leh National Highway, lifeline to Ladakh region, forced authorities to stop vehicles from plying on the arterial road.
BRO personnel are on the job and the highway is expected to be thrown open for traffic within the shortest possible time, the sources said.
Due to the sudden closure of both the vital roads, a large number of passenger buses, truck carrying essential commodities and private vehicles are stranded at various places, the sources said.
It started snowing in upper reaches including the periphery of famous ski resort of Gulmarg, Amarnath Shrine, Yousmarg, Sonamarg, Sadna Pass and Z-Gali in the wee hours today, the sources said.
However, the plains including the twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu were lashed by heavy intermittent rains, the sources said.
The fresh snowfall in the high altitude areas and rains brought down temperatures, signalling early winter season, much ahead of schedule.
The icy-winds forced people in the hilly areas to look for woolen and room heater gadgets to save themselves from the cold, the sources Siad.
However, the situation is completely different in Srinagar and other adjoining areas as the room temperature has not dipped so much to force the people to use woolen clothing.
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