Dynamite News Weather Alert: Landslides due to rains, snowfall block Jammu-Srinagar National Highway
The Highway was blocked at many places in Ramban district due to mudslides, landslides, and shooting stones. Read further on Dynamite News:
Srinagar: Heavy downpours in the Kashmir plains and snowfall in the upper reaches led to the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said on Saturday.
Traffic officials said the highway was blocked at many places in Ramban district due to mudslides, landslides, and shooting stones.
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“Jammu-Srinagar NHW is blocked at many places due to mudslides, landslides, and shooting stones. It is raining heavily across the NHW. People are advised to avoid a journey on NH-44 till the weather improves and the road is clear,” an official statement of the traffic department said this morning.
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Officials said the flight operations to and from the Valley were normal.
According to the Meteorological Department, 38.1. cm of snowfall has been recorded at the tourist resort of Gulmarg in Baramulla district since Friday.