Ablanket of snow covered Kashmir on Sunday as most areas received fresh snowfall, cutting the valley’s air connection with the rest of the country.
While some areas in north Kashmir received light snowfall, most areas in central and south Kashmir experienced moderate snowfall.
As of now, snowfall of same intensity is likely to continue till afternoon and there will be a temporary break till evening, MeT officials said.
The fresh snowfall also disrupted the air traffic to and fro Srinagar airport.
No flight operations have taken place at the airport so far this morning due to accumulation of snow on the runway, an official said.
Srinagar-Jammu highway was also once again closed on Sunday after fresh snowfall.
A Traffic police official told GMK that the Highway was closed for vehicular traffic on Sunday morning due to the snowfall. He said road became slippery due to snowfall in Jawahar Tunnel area since last evening and the movement of vehicles was also suspended in Banihal-Qazigund section as well.
