Flight operations halted at Srinagar airport

IANS  |  Srinagar 

All flight operations to and from the international airport were halted on Saturday due to heavy snowfall, officials said.

An said due to poor visibility and snow accumulation on the runway, no flight would be operated to and from the the on Saturday.

"Five flights which landed here on Friday were not allowed to take off due to bad weather," he added.

After night-long snowfall in and other places in the Kashmir Valley, more snow fell on Saturday morning.

Road links, including the and the Mughal Road, which connect the with Jammu region, have also been closed due to the snowfall.

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First Published: Sat, January 05 2019. 12:40 IST