Shopian: Mughal Road, connecting Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian with the twin districts — Poonch and Rajouri, was closed due to heavy snowfall on Thursday. Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Range Aftab Bukhari confirmed that the road was closed temporarily.
Aftab said that "the thoroughfares will reopen once it is cleared of the snow," when asked to give a timeframe for the resumption of traffic. Official sources said that snowfall occurred during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. There is a considerable amount of snow in some places.
The traffic has been kept off in the particular stretch of Mughal Road since Wednesday night as soon as it became unmotorable due to the snowfall. An inter-department team involving the district administration, highways and the police are working together to reinstate traffic on this key road. "We are trying our best to clear the snow but the snowfall remains heavy," an official from the joint team said.
In places such as 'Pir Ki Gali', heavy snowfall has been reported and the locals say at some locations the snow covers have risen to the extent of 2 feet. Meanwhile, the traffic police personnel have urged the commuters to contact Traffic Control Unit (TCU) Jammu for any update regarding the status of Mughal Road.
The officials on late Thursday informed that as the work progresses, the roads may be opened for the usual vehicular commutation by tomorrow.
