Srinagar-PoK bus service suspended due to rain

July 08, 2013 15:33

The weekly bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, was today suspended after heavy rains swept away a portion of the highway in Uri sector of north Kashmir, official sources said.

"The bus service, named as Karvan-e-Aman (peace carvan) was suspended after 100-feet portion of the highway near Gawalta was swept away by floods caused by heavy rains and cloudburst," the officials said.

Heavy rains lashed wide parts of Kashmir Valley this morning but there was no other report of any damage or causality.

The cross-LoC bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad was started in April 2005 to facilitate meeting of divided families.

The sources said senior civil officers have rushed to the scene to assess the damage caused to the highway due to cloudburst and heavy rains.

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