Hundreds of tourists were stranded in Kashmir as the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for a second day due to snowfall. While flights resumed, road closure caused distress for many, even as snow clearance operations by authorities continued
Flight operations at Srinagar airport were cancelled on Friday due to heavy snowfall in Kashmir, making the runway unsafe. Authorities advised passengers to contact airlines, while meteorological forecasts predict snow continuing through the evening
IndiGo resumed 11 flights from Jammu but cancelled seven from Srinagar as its pilot rostering crisis entered the fifth day. Passengers remain stranded amid widespread delays, high airfares, and continuing disruptions, prompting the Civil Aviation Ministry to enforce temporary fare caps
In a late-night post on X, CM Abdullah expressed his ordeal, saying that the flight, which took off from Jammu, was in the air for three hours and rerouted to Jaipur due to "apparent congestion or disruption" at the Delhi Airport
