Winter vacation in Kargil extended, Drass road closed due to snow

Kargil, Feb 28 (UNI) All the educational institutions in Kargil district will remain closed till March 5 because of heavy snowfall leading to the closure of Drass-Kargil road.

The announcement to extend the winter vacation in the Kargil district was made by a spokesman of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil.

The schools were scheduled to reopen tomorrow alongwith the schools of Kashmir division.

Official sources said Kargil-Drass road, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia, has been closed for traffic because of about one feet of snowfall.

However, other roads to far flung and remote areas remained open.

UNI