SRINAGAR: Upper reaches in Kashmir valley received fresh snow adding to the sufferings of the people already tormented by floods triggered by incessant rain during the last five days.
Official sources here today said that many families of Nomads were trapped at Vishnosar in Sonmarg in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal after the passage connect the area with the rest of the State was cut off due to snow.
The families trapped in the area are in immediate need of essential commodities and medicines, they said, adding scores of live stock, including sheeps and goats, died.
Meanwhile, fresh snow was experienced on the upper reaches of Budgam, making the situation worse for thousands of people trapped in many villages around Tosamadam firing range after a bridge collapsed due to flash floods.
They said snow was also experienced in the upper reaches of Gurez in north Kashmir district in Bandipora.
Fresh snowfall was also received at Sheshnag, Mahaguns, Pisso top, Panjterni and holy Amarnath cave shrine and its periphery. However, Chandanwari, the last motorable halting station on traditional yatra route and Pahalgam received rains. (AGENCIES)
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