Fresh snowfall and avalanches delayed the early reopening of the Srinagar-Leh highway, officials said on Tuesday.
Officials said that the strategic highway was scheduled to reopen on February 28— almost two months earlier than the usual schedule. “However, the accumulation of snow and several major avalanches along the Zojila pass and Drass following fresh snowfall delayed its opening,” they said.
Deputy Commissioner, Kargil, Santosh Sukhadeve told Greater Kashmir that the project Vijayak and the Beacon of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) cleared the snow from the road a couple of times, but then there was again fresh snowfall amid adverse weather conditions.
