{"id":197357,"date":"2026-03-29T10:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=197357"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:23:44","slug":"heavy-snowfall-forces-closure-of-bandipora-gurez-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/29\/heavy-snowfall-forces-closure-of-bandipora-gurez-road.html","title":{"rendered":"Heavy snowfall forces closure of Bandipora-Gurez road"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, fresh snowfall has brought the Gurez area of Bandipora district to a standstill, with authorities suspending vehicular movement on the strategic 85-km Bandipora-Gurez road due to slippery conditions and reduced visibility.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, Tulail Valley recorded 2 inches of snowfall, while Razdan Top received 4 inches, officials said.<\/p>\n

The administration has issued an advisory urging residents and travelers to avoid unnecessary movement on the route until weather conditions improve.<\/p>\n

The decision was taken to ensure commuter safety, with Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Gurez, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, stating that movement on the road shall remain suspended till further orders. Temperatures have dropped noticeably in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, fresh snowfall has brought the Gurez area of Bandipora district to a standstill, with authorities suspending vehicular movement on the strategic 85-km Bandipora-Gurez road due to slippery conditions and reduced visibility. According to Kashmir Media Service, Tulail Valley recorded 2 inches of snowfall, while Razdan Top received …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":190815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/Chillai-Kalan-Sonmarg_Zojila_Snowfall.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197358,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197357\/revisions\/197358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}