CHANDIGARH: Two persons were buried alive in an avalanche in the Baramulla district of Kashmir valley, even as fresh snowfall hampered clearance of accumulated snow along the 300km long Jammu Srinagar National Highway, raising the number of stranded passengers, at different places in Jammu region, to 3,000 report agencies, Meanwhile, several areas of Himachal Pradesh were cut off as the state experienced the heaviest snowball old the season. Reports said fresh snowfall forced the Border Roads Organization to stop snow clearance operation in the Qazigund Banihal and) Batote-patnitop rout.
While 150 cm of snow had accumulated in Banihal, there was 75 cm ‘snow in Patnitop.
Article extracted from this publication >> January 24, 1996
