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Updated March 24th, 2019 at 08:53 IST

187 stranded passengers airlifted in Jammu and Kashmir

 A total of 187 stranded passengers were on Saturday airlifted by the IAF to and fro Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir, a senior official said.

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 A total of 187 stranded passengers were on Saturday airlifted by the IAF to and fro Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir, a senior official said.

"187 stranded passengers were airlifted by the Indian Air Force in separate sorties between Kargil-Srinagar and Kargil-Jammu," State Coordinator, Kargil Courier Service, Aamir Ali said.

He said 71 passengers were airlifted from Jammu to Kargil and 69 from Srinagar to Kargil, while 27 from Kargil to Srinagar and 20 from Kargil to Jammu.

The AN-32 Kargil courier service is operating regularly to facilitate the stranded passengers of Ladakh region, which usually remains cut off from rest of the country due to the closure of 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway for winter months owing to heavy snowfall.

Officials said the snow-clearance operation on the highway is in full swing and the road is likely to be restored later next month.

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Earlier, Jammu-Srinagar national highway, an all-weather road link between Kashmir and rest of the country, remained closed due to heavy snowfall and landslides for the third consecutive day on Friday, triggering protests by the stranded people in Jammu.

Over 1500 vehicles, mostly trucks carrying essential supplies were stranded at various places on highway from Lakhanpur in Kathua district to Banihal belt of Ramban district.

"The highway was closed for the third consecutive day to day due to multiple landslides and snowfall. No traffic was been allowed on the highway from Jammu," police officials said.

(With inputs from ANI)

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Published March 24th, 2019 at 08:53 IST

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