Snowfall, landslide, avalanche warning, all this in a day in J&K

Snowfall across the Kashmir Valley affected normal life on Sunday with all flights cancelled at Srinagar airport, while traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was stopped for nearly four hours following a landslide in Ramban district, officials said.

Heavy snowfall was reported in the higher reaches of the valley, while the plains saw a moderate snowfall.

Snow clearing operations are on but traffic movement remained slow as the roads were slippery.

The snowfall, which resumed again on Sunday after a brief let up, forced authorities to cancel all inbound and outbound flights from Srinagar airport for the day.

The let up allowed airport authorities to clear the runway of snow. “However, the snowfall started again before any flights could operate,” an official of the Airport Authority of India said, adding, “all the flights have been cancelled for the day due to bad weather in Srinagar.”