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More than 30 airy centrifugal vehicles were stranded aft mean snowfall successful Sinthan apical and Margan apical successful Kishtwar territory connected Sunday (March 15, 2026), prompting a associated rescue cognition by constabulary and civilian administration, officials said.
The vehicles got stuck owed to caller snowfall and slippery roadworthy conditions astatine the high-altitude passes, disrupting postulation question connected the roadworthy connecting Kishtwar successful Jammu with southbound Kashmir's Anantnag district, they said.
The officials said soon aft receiving information, teams of the police, Army, and the civilian medication rushed to the spot and launched a rescue cognition to guarantee the information of the stranded passengers.
Snow clearance machines were pressed into work from some Kishtwar and Anantnag sides, and efforts were underway to displacement each vehicles to safer locations, they said.
All passengers were harmless and were being assisted by the rescue teams, portion continuous snowfall and debased temperatures were making the cognition challenging, they added.
Authorities person advised commuters to debar question connected the Sinthan-Margan agelong of the roadworthy until upwind conditions amended and the way is declared harmless for movement.
Meanwhile, the postulation connected Mughal roadworthy connecting the borderline districts of Poonch and Rajouri successful Jammu with southbound Kashmir's Shopian territory was besides suspended Sunday evening owed to caller snowfall astatine Pir Ki Gali and adjoining areas, the officials said.
