Bandipora: The District Administration of Bandipora on today arranged special air sorties for 120 stranded passengers from the snow-bound Kanzalwan area of Gurez valley in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

An official informed that at least 60 passengers were airlifted from Bandipora to Kanzalwan and 60 from Kanzalwan to Bandipora.
The Bandipora-Gurez road in
Jammu and Kashmir has been blocked due to multiple snow avalanches on Sunday.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has commenced an extensive clearance operation in the snow-avalanche-hit area.

Local residents Ex Sarpunch Kanzalwan Ghulam Mohideen Lone while speaking with the media said “We are very thankful to the district administration who sent chapper here and airlifted our students and patients, it will ease our problema,” he said.