Dozens of far-flung, remote villages remain cut off in north Kashmir

Srinagar, Nov 14 : Dozens of roads, connecting far-flung and remote areas, including those near the Line of Control (LoC) remained closed for the second day on Wednesday due to fresh snowfall.

The road to border town of Karnah was so far through despite snowfall on Wednesday, official sources said.

They said dozens of far-flung and remote villages near the LoC, including border town of Keran and Machil, remained cut-off for the second day today from their respective district headquarters due to fresh snowfall and slippery road conditions in the frontier district of Kupwara in north Kashmir.

“The road between Kupwara to border town of Keran was closed due to fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours,” a Police Control Room (PCR) official told TNN over the phone from Kupwara. He said the road has become slippery, adding that no traffic movement was allowed to avoid any accident.

Similarly, Kupwara-Machil road was also closed due to snowfall, he said, adding that Karnah and Tangdhar were still connected to Kupwara town despite light snowfall.


He said dozens of other far-flung and remote villages were also cut off with their tehsil and district headquarters after roads were closed due to snowfall. However, efforts are being made to restore traffic on these roads.

Despite snowfall, he said, the road leading to the border town of Gurez, surrounded by Pakistan-occupied- Kashmir (PoK) from three sides, was through for traffic.

Traffic from Bandipora to Gurez, a border town surrounded by Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) from three sides was also suspended today due to snowfall.