Kashmir remained cut off from the rest of the country for the second day as the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed and flight services were disrupted at the airport here due to heavy snowfall in the region. The valley and high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir have been experiencing heavy snowfall over the past 24 hours, officials in Srinagar said

“Of the 31 flights scheduled to arrive at the Srinagar airport, so far, 18 have been cancelled due to poor visibility and heavy snowfall,” an official of the Airport Authority of India said.

He said if there is no improvement in weather conditions, the arrival of the other flights at the Srinagar airport remains bleak. No flights were able to operate to and from Srinagar airport on Wednesday due to snowfall.

Traffic and police officials in Jammu and Srinagar said the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for the second day due to accumulation of snow in the Jawahar Tunnel and Patnitop areas, and four fresh landslides in Ramban district.

On Wednesday in Ramban district, at least 12 people were injured after their vehicle was hit by a boulder along the highway, the all-weather road linking Kashmir to the rest of India. There has been non-stop snowfall at the Jawhar Tunnel and Banihal areas.

Fourteen to 16 inches of snow has accumulated, officials said. They said due to heavy rainfall in Ramban, incidents of landslides and shooting stones were reported from Marog, Battery Chashma, Anokhi fall and Panthal areas.