Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 24: People living in dozens of far-flung and remote villages -- including border towns of Keran, Karnah, Machil and Tanghdar - continued to suffer as they remained cutoff from rest of the valley for the third successive day on Wednesday due to slippery road conditions following heavy snowfall in north Kashmir.
Meanwhile, traffic to the border town of Gurez, which is surrounded by Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) from three sides, remained suspended since January 1 due to the accumulation of snow at Razdan pass and adjoining areas.
"Traffic continued to remain suspended to dozens of far-flung and remote villages, including those near the Line of Control (LoC), due to slippery road conditions following intermittent moderate to heavy snowfall since Monday," an official of Police Control Room (PCR), Kupwara, said over phone on Wednesday.
He said Sadhna top, Phirkiyan pass and Z Gali received about 2.5 to 3 feet of fresh snowfall each since Sunday night. "Snow clearance operation has not started so far in view of bad weather," he said.
He said traffic to these areas will be restored only after clearing snow from the roads and getting a green signal from the officials deployed on the ground.
An official of Police Control Room (PCR) from Bandipora told UNI that Gurez remained closed for traffic since January 1. "Razdan pass, connecting Gurez, Neeru and dozens of other areas near LoC with district headquarters Bandipora, received fresh snowfall since Monday, hampering the snow clearance operation," he said.
He said Razdan pass received about a foot of fresh snowfall while other places, including Dawar and Tulail Valley, recorded 4 to 7 inches of fresh snow. |
