Deputy Superintendent of Police Traffic (National Highway Ramban), Parul Bhardwaj said a few hundred vehicles were stranded on the highway between Nashri and Chanderkote since Monday night.
Heavy snowfall broke a prolonged dry spell that lasted over a month in Himachal Pradesh. But it also impeded daily life in Shimla. The city has been blanketed in snow since it received first spell of snowfall on February 04. Snow accumulated on the circular road and made the vehicle movement a tough job. Continuous snowfall hampered the snow-clearing operations on the roads too.
A sprawling, lumbering winter storm walloped the eastern U.S. on Monday, shutting down coronavirus vaccination sites, closing schools, and halting transit as snow piled up from the Appalachians to New England, with the heaviest accumulations yet to come in some places.
Kashmir is currently under the grip of 'Chillai-Kalan' -- the 40-day harshest winter period when a cold wave grips the region and the temperature drops considerably leading to the freezing of water bodies including the famous Dal Lake here as well as the water supply lines in several parts of the valley.
Heavy snowfall in Kashmir has affected life, As most surfaces are covered with snow and water reserves at higher elevations are frozen.
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) carried out snow removal process in Eastern Ladakh on January 12. Heavy machinery was used to speed up the clearance process. Snow clearance was done to keep strategic roads and passes open for movement of troops.
The parts of western Himalayan region, which includes the states and territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand have been witnessing intense snowfall.
Heavy snowfall for the past four days has thrown life out of gear across the Kashmir region. The Srinagar-Jammu highway continues to remain blocked and flights at Srinagar airport have been cancelled.
Uttrakhand, Manali, and Kashmir witnessed a heavy snowfall session at the beginning of the year, tourists got stranded because of a massive traffic jam.
Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi turned milky white after heavy snowfall.
Continuous snowfall disrupted daily life of the people of Srinagar.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday predicted an intense wet spell till Tuesday, with a fairly widespread precipitation accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning and hailstorm at isolated places.
Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Sunday, leading to suspension of traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway. The air traffic to and fro Srinagar also suffered disruption.
A blanket of snow covered Kashmir on Sunday as most areas received moderate snowfall.
With heavy snowfall in Ramban, normal life in the district faced disruption. Higher range turned milky white following snowfall.
Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall. The region was seen covered in a thick layer of the white blanket of snow.
Tourists visited Patnitop hill station following snowfall in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
It's snowing in Shimla. The Himachal Pradesh capital witnessed the season's first snowfall on Monday, much to the cheer of tourists flocking the town. Several roads in upper Shimla and Manali were blocked due to the heavy snowfall.
Himachal Pradesh's Shimla witnessed fresh spell of snowfall on December 28. People were seen enjoying the snowfall in the city.
The higher reaches of Pir Panjal mountain range received heavy snowfall.
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