Security forces evacuating people trapped on Mughal Road
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Two hundred people in 80 vehicles stuck in snowfall on the Mughal road connecting Poonch to Shopian (Kashmir) were rescued on Wednesday. Meanwhile, tourists arrived in Gulmarg, a world famous tourist destination, to enjoy the snowfall. It has rained in many mountainous areas of Kashmir.
The weather remained clear in most parts of the state, but the night temperature has dropped. According to the Meteorological Center Srinagar, there may be rain and snowfall in some parts of Kashmir on Thursday. Its effect will also be visible in the districts of Jammu division.
It rained in many other areas including Kupwara, Handwara, Bandipora. Last night’s minimum temperature in the capital Srinagar had reached 5.0 degree Celsius. Similarly, Pahalgam recorded a minimum temperature of 0.6 degrees Celsius, Gulmarg minus 0.4 and Leh minus 1.5 degrees Celsius.
In Jammu, there was a feeling of heat during the day, but the night temperature has come down. Due to clear weather throughout the day, the maximum temperature was recorded at 30.8 and last night the minimum temperature was 16.8 degrees Celsius.
The day temperature was 22.8 in Banihal, 20.7 in Batote, 27.0 in Katra and 18.4 in Bhaderwah. Bhaderwah received 10.1 mm of rain.
200 passengers trapped in snowfall on Mughal road rescued
Police and army rescued 200 people in 80 vehicles stranded on Mughal Road in Poonch due to snowfall and evacuated them to Surankote. Efforts continued from late Tuesday night to Wednesday morning to evacuate people. A large number of passenger and goods carrier vehicles were stranded due to snowfall along with rain on Mughal Road on Tuesday.
Traffic on this road was immediately stopped due to increased slippery due to snowfall. After the snowfall stopped late in the night, police, traffic police and army personnel reached the spot and took stock of the situation and were engaged in evacuating vehicles till Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the breath of the passengers trapped in the passenger and goods carrier vehicles remained stuck for the whole night.
On Tuesday late evening, it started raining in the low-lying areas of the district and snowfall on the mountains. Due to this, vehicles going from Baihram Galla of Surankot tehsil towards Kashmir on Mughal Road were stopped, but in the meantime, late night, the Surankot police got information that many passenger vehicles coming from Kashmir towards Poonch district and carrying apples and vegetables. The loaded trucks are stranded.
Vehicles are unable to move forward due to 4 to 6 inches of snowfall on Mughal Road due to slippery. After this information, SHO Rajbir Singh, along with police, traffic police team and JCB and snowplow machines of Mughal Road Authority reached Poshana area on Mughal Road.
From there, 16 RR soldiers of the army along with them reached the vehicles stranded due to snowfall. Where relief and rescue operations were started. Which continued till Wednesday morning. During this, along with the removal of snow from Mughal Road, the vehicles and passengers trapped there were brought out safely.
On the other hand, due to the slippery snowfall during the day, the Mughal road was closed for all types of vehicular movement.