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“The postulation connected the Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Leh National Highways on with Mughal and Sinthan apical roads was suspended connected Tuesday (October 7, 2025) pursuing aggregate landslips triggered by dense rainfall and snowfall accumulation successful the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir,” officials said.
The high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir experienced caller snowfall, portion the plains were lashed by dense overnight rain, resulting successful a sizeable driblet successful the mercury.
A postulation section authoritative said the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the lone all-weather roadworthy linking Kashmir with the remainder of the country, was closed for vehicular question connected Tuesday greeting (October 7, 2025) owing to landslips and shooting of stones astatine aggregate locations betwixt Udhampur and Banihal.
“Road clearance agencies person been mobilised to marque the roadworthy trafficable arsenic soon arsenic possible,” the authoritative said, adding that they are hopeful of clearing the traffic, which has been stopped astatine Nagrota successful Jammu, by precocious afternoon.
The postulation connected the Highway is plying alternatively from the duplicate capitals of Srinagar and Jammu successful presumption of the ongoing repair enactment aft the arterial roadworthy suffered dense harm pursuing grounds rainfall successful August-September. Traffic was scheduled to ply from Jammu to Srinagar during the day.
“The 434-km Srinagar-Leh National Highway on with Mughal and Sinthan roads that supply alternate connectivity betwixt Kashmir and the remainder of the state are besides closed owed to snowfall accumulation,” the spokesperson said. He said radical are advised not to question till the roads are afloat restored. Officials said the Zojila walk on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway recorded six inches of snowfall.
The Peer Ki Gali on the Mughal road, connecting the duplicate borderline districts of Poonch and Rajouri successful Jammu with southbound Kashmir’s Shopian territory and the Sinthan apical successful Kishtwar territory witnessed 3 to 4 inches of snowfall.
Reports of snowfall were besides received from the precocious reaches of Doda, Ramban, Kishtwar, Kathua, Rajouri and Poonch districts successful the Jammu region. The Weather Department has predicted betterment successful the wide upwind from Wednesday (October 8, 2025), with nary anticipation of rainfall oregon snowfall during the adjacent fortnight.
The pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi temple atop the Trikuta Hills successful Reasi territory and the Machail Mata shrine successful Kishtwar territory remained suspended for the 3rd time connected Tuesday (October 7, 2025) owing to inclement weather. Both the pilgrimages are scheduled to resume connected Wednesday (October 8, 2025).
All authorities and backstage schools remained closed for the 2nd time crossed the Jammu part connected Tuesday (October 7, 2025).
“Udhampur successful Jammu part recorded the highest rainfall successful the 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. connected Tuesday (October 7, 2025) astatine 100.2 mm, followed by 98.2 mm successful Batote and 75.8 mm successful Banihal, 44 mm successful Katra – the basal campy for the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi — and 38.6 mm successful Jammu city,” an authoritative from the Meteorological Department said.
“Jammu metropolis recorded a maximum somesthesia of of 21.3 degrees Celsius, 11.1 degrees beneath mean during this portion of the season, portion the minimum somesthesia besides fell astir by six degrees to 15 degrees Celsius,” the Weather Department said.
