The official said snowfall was hampering the efforts to reopen the highway for traffic.
The air traffic to and fro Srinagar International Airport was also affected due to the snowfall and two flights were cancelled this morning.
“Two flights have been cancelled and if there is no improvement in the weather, the flight operations for the day will be difficult,” an official at the airport said.
In Srinagar city and other towns of the valley, snowfall began during the night and continued in the morning, affecting the movement of traffic as the roads were rendered slippery.
However, owing to the overnight cloudy sky, the night temperature improved by several degrees across the Valley and Ladakh region.
The summer capital recorded 7.4 cm (about three inch) of snowfall during the night, the MET official said, adding it registered the minimum temperature of minus 0.9 degree Celsius, compared to the previous night’s minus 2.3 degrees Celsius.
