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Vehicles stranded as snow blocks road to Srinagar Jammu, November 29 Over one foot of snow has accumulated on the highway between the tunnel and Qazigund. It had been snowing in the area for the past two days and the highway got blocked this morning resulting in suspension of movement of vehicular traffic. Reports said there were traffic jams at several places between Ramban and Banihal on the Jammu side and also beyond Qazigund in the valley. Men of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were trying to reopen the road and one-way traffic from the Srinagar side will be cleared first when the snow is cleared this evening. Rehabilitation of the earthquake victims in Uri and Tangdhar has also got disrupted due to the snow that has considerably dipped the temperature. About 3-ft of snow has been recorded in the Tangdhar area. Reports said a number of earthquake survivors were suffering because of the intense cold. The Srinagar-Leh highway has also closed due to the snowfall. The Ski slopes in the tourist resort of Gulmarg are buried under a thick sheet of snow. The Jammu region has also witnessed a sharp decline in temperature.
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2 top militants killed in valley
Srinagar, November 29 Meanwhile, two militants surrendered along with one AK rifle and a pistol at Udhampur while militants snatched one rifle from a Village Defence Committee (VDC) member at Rajauri. An official spokesman said security forces and the police conducted searches after receiving information that some top militants were hiding in Neelora village in south Kashmir district of Pulwama. However, when the security forces were sealing all exits militants attacked them with automatic weapons and also threw grenades. Security forces also returned the fire and in the clash, Divisional Commander Sikander and District Commander of Pakistan-based Al-Badr outfit were killed. Two AK rifles and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militants. He said a joint search party of the police and security forces arrested a self-styled batallion commander of pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) Ashiq Hussain War alias Ameer at Handwara along with one AK rifle, two magzines, 60 rounds of ammunition and two hand grenades last night. Another militant Arshad Ahmad Sheikh was arrested along with one hand grenade and one mobile phone at Pulwama. Arshad was associated with the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, the spokesman said adding he was active for the past one year in the area. A report from Baramula said unidentified persons set on fire Abdul Aziz at Dangerpora Sopore in North Kashmir today. He was hospitalised.
— UNI |
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