All flights cancelled as dense fog hits ops at Srinagar airport
Hindustan TimesAll flights were cancelled at Srinagar International Airport on Sunday due to low visibility as Kashmir Valley experienced snowfall in the mountains and rains in the plains. Officials said that heavy fog disrupted air traffic at the Srinagar Airport owing to low visibility early in the morning. As soon as the snow accumulated, the administration put machines into service to clear important roads and throughways.“As soon as the snowfall started, the mechanical and hospital engineering department put into service various vehicles to clear the snow from roads in Gulmarg and Kupwara,” said an official of M&HED. “This crisis has been precipitated by the Airports Authority of India’s continued failure to install the promised upgraded Instrument Landing System, which would enable safe flight operations even in low visibility conditions,” said Faiz Ahmad Bakshi, Secretary General of KCCI in a statement.