Gurez: 4 days on, Gurez villages still continue to remain cut off Gurez valley area along LOC in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district due to snowfall, with inclement weather prolonging the snow clearance operations.
According to the locals the recent heavy snowfall has cut off over a Gurez villages and a number of hamlets from Dawar in Gurez, with snow and avalanche warnings further restricting the villagers to their homes.
Locals from Tulail said that the tehsil has been cut off by recent heavy snowfall and there are overall as many as 48 small and large villages affected with above four feet deep snow accumulated across Tulail valley.
The first village of Tulail namely PTL falls at 25-kilometers from Dawar and the last village Chakwali at 80 kilometers with majority of the villages falling on Dawar-Tulail road.
Meanwhile The 84-kilometer Bandipora-Gurez road maintained by BRO has already been closed from 1 January and will likely open after winter months.(CNI) Current News of India
