Jammu: With the Jammu-Srinagar highway cut off due to snow, hundreds thronged the airport here on Wednesday desperately seeking to fly to the Kashmir Valley, leading to chaotic scenes.
The highway has been closed since Sunday morning.
Shamim Ahmad is one of many who has been visiting the airport for three days, begging for a ticket to reach Srinagar. But no ticket is available.
Officials of Air India, which is operating extra flights to help the stranded passengers, are a harassed lot.
"The weather is not clearing up in Delhi and the flights have got delayed. What can we do? We want to help people but the weater is not helping us," an airlines official said.
Aircraft which fly between Jammu and Srinagar come from Delhi.
18/01/12 ZeeNews
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