Highway continues remained shut for 2nd day, Gulmarg coldest at – 4.6°C

The Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained closed for the second consecutive day today though there was slight improvement in the weather conditions after two days of intermittent snowfall in the higher reaches. The nearly 300-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for traffic yesterday due to snowfall and rain at various places coupled with landslides and shooting stones. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which maintains the arterial road, has pressed its men and machines to restore traffic on the road but landslides…

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