Snowfall in Kashmir damages apple orchards, cripples life

Heavy snowfall over the past 36 hours has caused massive damage to apple trees as life was thrown out of gear in the Kashmir Valley for the second day on Friday.

The valley remained cut off from the rest of the country since Thursday as both surface and air traffic remained suspended due to snowfall.

The Srinagar-Jammu and Srinagar-Leh highways have been closed for traffic as all flights to and from the Srinagar international airport were also cancelled yesterday.