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Srinagar-Leh national highway thrown open to vehicular traffic
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The Pass attracts the heaviest snowfall during the winter and as such it remains closed to traffic usually for five to six months in a year.Waseem Andrabi/HT
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The strategic highway passes through the 11,578-foot high Zojila Pass which lies on the lower depressions of the Himalayan ranges, some 107 km from here. Waseem Andrabi/HT
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The snow clearance operations, on the road where 18 to 50 feet of snow had accumulated, commenced on March 21 this year and were completed in the first week of this month. Waseem Andrabi/HT
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The 434 km long road was closed following heavy snowfall in December. Waseem Andrabi/HT
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