Srinagar, Oct 7
All major highways, including Srinagar-Jammu, Srinagar-Leh and the Mughal road, were closed for traffic on Tuesday due to snowfall and landslides triggered by inclement weather.
Traffic Department officials said that snowfall on the Zojila Pass and Pir Ki Gali closed the Srinagar-Leh highway and the Mughal Road, while landslides and shooting stones in the Ramban sector of the Srinagar-Jammu national highway forced the closure of this major highway as well on Tuesday.
Sinthan Pass, which connects the Valley with Kishtwar in Jammu division, Razdan Pass, which links the Valley with Gurez border area, and the road leading from Kupwara district to Tangdhar and Keran have also been closed.
The weather office has forecast light to moderate snowfall in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir till forenoon/afternoon today and improvement in overall weather thereafter.