Snow blocks Srinagar highway, all flights cancelled

Srinagar: Heavy snowfall and inclement weather Thursday cut off the Valley from the outside world as the Srinagar-Jammu highway remained closed and all flights to and from Srinagar were cancelled.
All passenger flights to and from the Srinagar international airport were also cancelled Thursday because of poor visibility and continuous snowfall here.
'No passenger flights were operated today to or from the Srinagar international airport,' an official of the Airports Authority of India said here.
Meanwhile, the weather department has forecast that moderate to heavy snowfall is likely in the Valley Friday.
Authorities have pressed snow clearing machines into service to clear accumulated snow from the roads and highways in the Valley.
Kashmir's Divisional Commissioner Asgar Hussain Samoon told media persons here that there are sufficient stocks of food grains, medicines, petroleum products including LPG cylinders and other essentials to last twenty days in case of any eventuality caused by adverse weather conditions.
30/12/10 IANS/Sify

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010