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Photos: Heavy snowfall disrupts normal life, traffic in Kashmir
Updated On Jan 17, 2020 06:45 pm IST
Heavy snowfall in Kashmir, where one person has died. And fresh landslides have struck the Jammu-Srinagar national highway which remained closed for the fourth day on Thursday, leaving over 5000 vehicles stranded. Landslides have hit the highway at five places in Ramban district. A soilder was also killed after an avalanche hit the army post in Mushkoh valley.
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Trucks are stranded in snow on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Qazi Gund, south of Srinagar. Fresh landslides struck the highway which remained closed for four days. The highway was, however, opened for one-way traffic on Friday. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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Snowfall on Kashmir side of the highway since Sunday has resulted in a blockade. Over 5,000 vehicles are stranded at various places en route from Lakhanpur in Kathua district to Banihal belt of Ramban district. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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Men walk on a snow-covered road after heavy snowfall at Ferozpora village of Tangmarg in Baramulla. An avalanche on Thursday hit the army post in Mushkoh valley in which four soldiers were buried. One soldier died while three others were rescued. (S Irfan / PTI)
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Children clear snow from a road after heavy snowfall at Ferozpora village. A man also died after he fell while clearing snow from the roof of his house in south Kashmir’s Sathora Tral village on Thursday, as the valley continued to receive more snow. (S Irfan / PTI)
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Men carry containers as trucks are seen stranded in the snow at Srinagar Jammu national highway. Stranded truck drivers said they have run out of money to buy food and urged the government to come to their aid. They said the government has not made any arrangement for setting up community kitchens for them. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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Men warm themselves around a fire with trucks stranded in the snow. Meanwhile, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) was able to clear the debris from the landslides in Digdole area to make way for one-way traffic. At around 4.30pm, traffic police gave a go ahead to the 200 Jammu-bound trucks, stranded since Sunday in the Ramban area. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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