Srinagar, Nov 14 (UNI) The national highway, the only road connecting Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh with Kashmir was closed for traffic on Saturday due to slippery road conditions following snowfall early this morning.
"We have closed the Srinagar-Leh national highway following snowfall at Sonamarg, Zojila pass, Meenmarg and Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia," a traffic police official told UNI.
He said, no vehicle was allowed from Sonmarg, in the central Kashmir district of Ganderbal, on the highway due to snowfall.