Altaf Hamid Rao,
Snow clad Leepa and Neelam vallies, disconnected with rest of the country,
MIRPUR (AJK) : As a result of seasons’ first heavy intermittent rains in plains and snow-fall since early hours Tuesday on the upper reaches of Neelam and Leepa vallies were totally while some top mountainous parts of Bagh district of AJK were disconnected from rest of AJK and the country through land routes, official sources confirmed.
Various parts of AJK including the states’ metropolis Muzaffarabad and Mirpur districts lashed with the much-predicted first intermittent heavy rainfall of the season since Monday morning which affected the normal life.
Snow-clad Leepa and some parts of Neelam vallies were dislinked following land-sliding, due to heavy rains at Sudhangalli, the sources told this Correspondent on Tuesday.
Mirpur lashed with the heavy downpour coupled with mild wind storm since we hours which was continuing intermittently till the filing of this report Tuesday evening affecting the electricity, roads and telecommunication system in various areas of the district. There are also reports of uprooting of trees at some kacha places in the division because of the wind storm. Telecommunication and electricity system was particularly affected as a result of the rainfall which continued whole the day Tuesday with pause.
The rainfall turned the weather chilly and resultantly people went into the heavy winter clothing since the adjoining top mountainous areas of Indian occupied state of Jammu & Kashmir received heavy down pour besides snowfall. Kacha houses were also partially affected in various areas.
Various top mountainous parts of liberated territory of AJK are in the grip of intermittent heavy rains coupled with snow fall at some peaks since the wee hours Monday which had partially affected the routine life besides paralyzing the life in the top mountainous remote areas which were partially detached from each other following the damaging of roads due to land sliding where heavy snow-fall was reported with pause during the said period.
The roads and telecommunication was also reportedly partially affected in the Mirpur, Bagh and Muzaffarabad districts and adjoining areas because of the heavy down pour in plains and snowfall at the peaks..
The laborers engaged in the construction work as well as the kiln owners were also considered to be the most affected community because of the heavy downpour which was continued intermittently in various other parts of AJK. More rains and snowfall on upper reaches of AJK are expected during next couple of days, weather experts predicted.
