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Amid fresh snowfall, Sgr-Jmu highway closed for traffic, Air Traffic affected on second straight day

Srinagar: In view of the fresh snowfall, the authorities on Thursday suspended the vehicular movement along the Srinagar-Jammu highway as precautionary measure.

Officials confirmed that due to the snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel the traffic from Jammu towards Srinagar has been stopped as precautionary measure.

They said the commuters will be allowed to proceed towards their destination only after the road is cleared following improvement in weather conditions

Air traffic at Srinagar Airport remained temporarily suspended for the second consecutive day in view of the fresh snowfall and low visibility.

Srinagar Airport authorities had informed that morning flights are likely to be delayed due to the fresh snowfall.

“@Aaisnrairport morning flights likely to be delayed As Snowfall still going on. @AAI_Official .we will come back to you with latest updates,” official twitter handle of Srinagar Airport wrote on twitter.

Notably, flight operations were also disrupted yesterday morning and many flights were cancelled due to snowfall and low visibility.

(Syndicated feed from KNO)

 

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