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Sonmarg, May 8, KNT: Two vehicles skidded off the road and rolled down the cliff after a snow avalanche came barreling down on the Srinagar-Kargil highway at Zojila Pass, Police said.
The incident occurred near Panimatha Captain Mode at Zojil Pass.
The ill-fated vehicles were on their way to Kargil from Srinagar.
Station House Officer, Police Station Sonmarg, Fayaz Ahmed told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a passenger vehicle (Xylo) and a Camper rolled down after a...
VoL Desk, May 06: The recent insolvency of Go AIR Company has badly affected the tourism industry and daily hotels in UT Ladakh, stated President of All Kargil Tour and Travels Association Kargil, Mohd Ali Rangyoul during a joint press conference.
The members of All Kargil Transport Association requested the LG Ladakh, Commissioner Secretary Tourism, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir and Ladakh, DC Kargil, and Ganderbal to revoke the one-way traffic system on the Kargil Srinagar Road.
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VoL Desk, April 17: An avalanche struck Shaitani Nalla at Zojila today, burying two trucks that had been traveling on the road at the time. The incident occurred at 9:00 am and resulted in the trucks rolling deep into a gorge.
The Kargil Police, Border Roads Organization (BRO) personnel, and the Indian Army quickly responded to the incident and swung into action to rescue the injured drivers. Despite the diff...
VoL Desk, April 16: In a breaking development, a deadly snow avalanche has hit the Zojila Pass, burying several vehicles under the snow near Shaitan Nala. The incident has caused widespread panic and concern among locals and travelers in the area.
The exact number of vehicles buried under the snow is currently unknown, and rescue operations are underway to locate and evacuate any survivors.
The Kargil Police and BRO were deployed at Minamarg, where they successfully rescued six indivi...
Kargil, March 14, 2023: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan along with Deputy Commissioner/ CEO, LAHDC, Superintendent of Police, Kargil today visited Zojila Pass to take stock of snow clearance works on the Kargil-Srinagar road.
The CEC was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner/ CEO, LAHDC, Santosh Sukhadeve, Superintendent of Police, Kargil Anayat Choudhary and other concerned officers.
During the visit, the CEC took stock of the snow clearance measures in order to open the roa...
VoL Desk, Jan. 06: Administration and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officially closed Zojila pass in a closing ceremony here at Zero Point today after a record of keeping the pass open for vehicular movement upto January 06. The Zojila is closed considering the cold weather, avalanche and wind storm.
The Zojila pass was closed last year on January 04, 2022, of which a new record has imprinted this year with keeping the pass open till January 06. The officials have assured to reopen the...
Ganderbal, Aug 21, KNT: A Swift Car plunged into a gorge on Zojila Pass of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district leaving the driver dead, and three on board seriously injured.
The accident happened on late Saturday night when the vehicle was on way to Sonmarg from Zojila.
Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a Swift Car (DL9CN-3828) was driven by a driver namely Sameer Ahmad Najar son of Ghulam Nabi Najar of Akhaal Kangan plunged down into gorge at Ranga Morh near BEACON...
GN Raina
Ganderbal, Aug 1, KNT: Owing to fresh landslides at multiple locations due to incessant rains, the Srinagar-Leh highway has been closed by the officials.
The highway which connects Srinagar and Leh was closed for vehicular movement due to fresh landslides that were triggered by heavy rains in Chine Nallah, Bajri Nallah, Pagal Nallah, Pani Metha and other locations in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.
An official confirmed to news agency Kashmir News Trust that highway was c...
GN Raina
Ganderbal, May 26, KNT: Nine passengers including a father-son duo were killed in a fatal road accident late Tuesday night. The accident took place near Chini Nallah at Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Kargil road.
While talking to news agency Kashmir News Trust Station House Officer Police Station Sonmarg Younis Bashir said that they recovered 7 bodies shortly after the accident while two more bodies were retrieved on Wednesday morning.
“Nine persons died in the accident ...
Umar Raina
Ganderbal, May 18, KNT: Srinagar-Leh Highway was blocked late Wednesday night due to a massive rock slide near Rezan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, where construction work on Z-Morh Tunnel has been going on in full swing.
Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that six families had a close shave due to the occurrence of the rock slide. They said the rock, fortunately, didn’t strike the houses and stopped on the road, blocking it completely.
The r...
