Snow is not fun any more in Kashmir!
Srinagar: Scores of houses across the Kashmir valley have collapsed and normal life remained crippled on Thursday (February 7, 2008) as the season`s heaviest snowfall kept the Srinagar-Jammu national highway closed for the fourth consecutive day.
“Dozens of people have been injured in these house collapse incidents, but luckily no death has been reported from anywhere so far,” a senior police officer said here.
Due to heavy snowfall in the valley, many houses collapsed in Srinagar, Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam and Ganderbal districts.
Reports reaching here from the Kupwara border district said seven troopers were trapped as heavy snowfall buried their bunker on the Line of Control (LOC) in the Nagam sector.
Efforts are on to rescue the trapped troopers, sources said.
Images:AP
Image:A snow cutter clears snow after fresh snowfall in Srinagar on February 7, 2008. Heavy accumulation of snow in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand brought the chill back in the plains in North India, say reports.
