SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Valley remained cut off from rest of the country for the second consecutive day today due to snowfall as the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway could not be restored for traffic, even as air-traffic was restored as the weather improved here.
“The national highway is still closed for traffic. No fresh traffic would be allowed to ply on the highway today,” a traffic department official said.
Intermittent snowfall in Qazigund-Banihal stretch of the nearly 300-km long highway is hampering the efforts to restore traffic, he said, adding, “Once the weather improves, the operation will be launched and the first priority will be given to stranded vehicles to reach their destination.”
The snowfall, which began on Monday, also affected air-traffic at Srinagar airport.
Only one aeroplane was able to land at the airport yesterday but even that could not then take-off due to bad weather. All other flights had to be cancelled which led many passengers stranded, Director, Airport Authority of India (AAI), Srinagar Airport, Sharad Kumar said.
Meanwhile, as the weather improved in Srinagar, air-traffic was restored. (AGENCIES)
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