Jammu
\nThe Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district was closed on Sunday following a landslide triggered by heavy rain in the Jammu region, officials said.<\/p>\n
Several parts of the regions have been receiving heavy rainfall since the early hours of Sunday, with many high-altitude areas witnessing their first snowfall of the season.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of vehicles were left stranded on the 270-km all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, they said.<\/p>\n
The officials said incidents of shooting stones from hillocks along the highway were reported from Ramban\u2019s Panthiyal area in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
Traffic on the highway was restricted to one way from Jammu to Srinagar on Sunday morning as a precautionary measure after the Met forecast adverse weather conditions in the state for the next 48 hours, they said.<\/p>\n
Road clearance operation would be launched once the weather improves, the officials said.<\/p>\n
Several parts of the Jammu region were lashed by rain since the early hours of Sunday with high-altitude areas, including Bhadarwah in Doda district, experiencing the season\u2019s first snowfall, they said.<\/p>\n
Snowfall was reported from Sonbhai and Kailash Kund, the officials said, adding that the higher reaches of Ramban and Reasi district also witnessed their first snowfall.<\/p>\n
Due to inclement weather conditions, the temperature dropped in the state\u2019s winter capital, Jammu, which recorded 88.8 mm of rainfall till 0830 hours, a spokesman of the meteorological office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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