The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Leh national highways along with Mughal and Sinthan top roads was suspended on Tuesday following multiple landslides triggered by heavy rain and snow accumulation in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Read moreDetailsSnowfall was reported from Sinthan Top in Anantnag district, Affarwat in Gulmarg, Zojila Pass, Bangus in Kupwara, Razdan Pass in Gurez valley, and other higher-altitude areas, officials said.
The mood is heavy in Kashmir’s walnut orchards. This year’s harvest is smaller, the nuts lighter, and the trees seem to carry a worry.
For 18 days, trucks carrying fresh produce, from watermelons to seasonal fruits, sat stranded on NH-44, the lifeline connecting the valley to the mainland.
Flash floods in Kashmir have destroyed standing paddy -- mainly rice and apple -- spread over thousands of acres in four southern districts of the valley, leaving farmers staring at cumulative losses running into hundreds of crores.
Nature’s fury has once again struck Jammu and Kashmir, with incessant rainfall over the past three days swelling rivers, submerging homes, and triggering widespread chaos across the Union Territory.
The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Leh national highways along with Mughal and Sinthan top roads was suspended on Tuesday following multiple landslides triggered by heavy rain and snow accumulation in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
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Fresh snowfall in the higher reaches and steady rain in the plains on Monday brought a sudden chill across Kashmir, causing temperatures to plummet by nearly 10 degrees.
Snowfall was reported from Sinthan Top in Anantnag district, Affarwat in Gulmarg, Zojila Pass, Bangus in Kupwara, Razdan Pass in...
The mood is heavy in Kashmir’s walnut orchards. This year’s harvest is smaller, the nuts lighter, and the trees seem...
For 18 days, trucks carrying fresh produce, from watermelons to seasonal fruits, sat stranded on NH-44, the lifeline connecting the...
Flash floods in Kashmir have destroyed standing paddy -- mainly rice and apple -- spread over thousands of acres in...
Nature’s fury has once again struck Jammu and Kashmir, with incessant rainfall over the past three days swelling rivers, submerging...
The media in Kashmir, comprising a robust English and vernacular press has a particularly unenviable job to do. The problems faced by it are both universal to the conflict situations and unique to the region. Read More
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