WEATHER CRISIS * India - Winter weather wreaks havoc on transport system
The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed due to heavy snowfall for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, stranding thousands of passengers
New Delhi,India -IANS/The GulfNews (Dubai,United Arab Emirates) -February 07, 2008: -- ... Many passengers - mostly Kashmiris - are huddled together trying to ward off the cold in a bus stand in Jammu, waiting anxiously for the re-opening of the road... With the weather continuing to be inclement and the highway closed due to heavy snowfall and landslides, there are no hopes of immediate relief...Heavy snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel, 190 km north of Jammu, and at Patnitop, has made the road unworthy for traffic... The snowfall has also created danger of avalanches... Passengers "will be allowed [to travel] only after the road is cleared of the boulders and snow", a police official said...
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