Flight ops, surface traffic resume in Kashmir

The fresh snowfall in the Valley led to disruption in air and surface traffic on Monday morning.

- HT Correspondent

SRINAGAR: However, flights were resumed later in the morning from Srinagar airport and traffic was also restored on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway.

On the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, several parts of the Valley received snowfall, especially the upper regions recorded 18 to 30 inches of fresh snow. World famous ski resort, Gulmarg recorded fresh 15 inches of snowfall.

Srinagar, Budgam, Kupwara and Bandipora, Shopian and Kulgam recorded 2 to 6 inches of fresh snowfall. The snow clearance machines were put in service at many places especially in rural Kashmir. However, after 10 a.m., the skies started clearing that resulted in resumption of flights from Srinagar. "Our flight to Mumbai was rescheduled from morning to afternoon. Thankfully, the flights resumed from the Srinagar airport," said Abid Ahmad from Shalteng Srinagar.

In the morning, though J&K's traffic police announced the closure of traffic, the national highway, however, with improvement in weather the traffic was resumed from both sides of later."The traffic will ply normally from both sides of the National highway on Tuesday," said a senior traffic officer.