Overview
- Jammu–Srinagar NH-44 remains shut between Qazigund and Banihal due to heavy snow, with authorities barring all traffic while clearance continues.
- All 58 scheduled flights at Srinagar airport were cancelled for the day as continuous snowfall left the runway unsafe, and special reserved trains ran between Katra and Srinagar to move stranded passengers.
- A large avalanche struck Sonamarg late Tuesday without reported casualties, with teams assessing damage and monitoring risk after fresh heavy snowfall.
- Border Roads Organisation and Army units executed high‑altitude rescues and road restorations, including evacuating 40 soldiers in Doda and assisting vehicles in Baramulla and Rajouri’s Kandi–Kotranka belt.
- IMD and JKUTDMA maintained weather and avalanche alerts as snow disrupted services across the Himalayas, with Himachal reporting hundreds of roads blocked and earlier tourist gridlock in Manali.