High Roads News Sticky
July 24, 2011By request : this will be a sticky with condensed news, continously re-edited .
LEH INROADS :
Manali-Leh Highway closed , November 23rd. People are still ( December 7th ) crossing on foot , rescue stations at Marhi and Koksar.
Srinagar-Leh now also closed , December 4th
Weather : Severe Weather Warning from India Met , Jan 14th : heavy snowfall next two days in the upper reaches of of Himachal and Kashmir , just after the Jammu-Srinagar road has been cleared. Earlier : Massive snowfall in Himachal and J&K : five feet of snow in McLeod Ganj and even down in Dharamsala , Jammu-Srinagar road out . First snow in decades in Kangra and other sites. Widespread power cuts ,traffic still disrupted 13th. Indian Air Force making airdrops in remote areas of Kashmir.
One more grenade attack against Sopore Police station in the Vale.
TIBET : under lockdown over March , including areas outside TAR.
KARAKORAM HIGHWAY has closed in a new way : no visa on arrival in Sost – which means it becomes very hard to enter Pakistan this way without a visa arranged in your home country. The road will close as usual in December.
See the relevant sections ( Manali-Leh , Srinagar-Leh etc ) for more details.
