Roads blocked: Over one foot of fresh snow in AJK

MUZAFFARABAD: The upper reaches of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) were witnessing snowfall for the last two days. Major road links to Leepa Valley, Haveli and Neelum Valley were closed for traffic. According to the Met Office, more rain and snowfall is expected in the coming five days. Neelum Valley, Sharda and Kel received five inches of snow, Lasdana two feet, Mahmood Gali one foot and Leepa Valley over one foot of fresh snow during the last 12 hours. The Met office further said that plains of AJK will remain in the grip of a cold wave in the coming five days.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 20^th, 2015.