Heavy Rain, Snowfall Paralysis Life In AJK, Disconnects Road Links With Islamabad

The life came to a halt across the Jammu and Kashmir state due to heavy rain in plain areas and snowfall in upper areas, disconnecting the road link between AJK and Islamabad and far flung areas from the cities and towns

MUZAFFARABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jan, 2019 ) :The life came to a halt across the Jammu and Kashmir state due to heavy rain in plain areas and snowfall in upper areas, disconnecting the road link between AJK and Islamabad and far flung areas from the cities and towns.

The plains and low laying areas received heavy rain for the last 72 hours and remained continued till filling of this report without any interval resulting in landslides in different areas confining the movement of people within homes.

The traffic between Muzaffarabad and Islamabad stuck in Murree due to snowfall at Murree hills while the roads leading to Neelum Valley, Leepa Valley, Bagh and Dheerkot had been blocked at different places due to heavy snowfall and landslides cutting off these areas from AJK capital.

According to communication department, main highway from Muzaffarabad to Neelum Valley has been blocked for all sort of traffic from Nauseeri point, entrance to Valley, due to landslide near the Neelum-Jhelum hydro-power project dam while road link of upper areas of the valley from its headquarter Athmaqam has also been disconnected due to snow fall.

Road from Muzaffarabad via Sudhan Gali has also been blocked from Sudhan Gali by heavy snow however Muzaffarabad to Bagh road via Kohala is opened for traffic, the official said adding the link between Bagh and Haveeli district has been cut off from Lasdana.

The meteorological department has predicted more rains in low laying areas and snowfall in upper areas and hills on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The temperature has been dropped to minus Celsius in all the areas creating difficulties for common people.