Mumbai (Srinagar): Snowfall in the Kashmir has took another phase were Surface links between the Kashmir and the rest of the country has cut off for the second day on Sunday.
The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway is closed for vehicular traffic due to heavy snowfall Saturday which has rendered the road unsafe, an official of the Traffic Control department told PTI.
Nearly 300 passengers, which also includes tourist, were stranded on the 294-km road due to snowfall, were evacuated to safety in a night-long operation police spokeperson added.
“We are facing near full power outage but efforts are on to restore the electricity supply at the earliest. Against a normal transmission of nearly 1,200 MW, the system is able to transmit only 80 MW due to the damage to transmission lines caused by the snowfall,” PTI quoted an official of the divisional administration saying.
Due to heavy snowfall a huge damage has been caysed towards power supply leading to power outage since Saturday.
“More than 7,000 employees of PDD are being assisted by other departments to clear the obstructions and repair the lines so that electricity is restored on war footing,” the official said.
Further PTI quotes Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Abid Rasheed Shah saying “Electricity has been restored in several parts of the city while the work was in progress to restore normal supply in the remaining parts”
“Electricity in parts of downtown Srinagar has been restored. We have restored electricity in some parts of the civil lines areas as well,” he added.
