Srinagar, April 23 -- The Pahalgam terror strike has come at a time when the Srinagar-Jammu national highway - the key road connecting the Valley to the rest of the country - is blocked at Ramban due to landslides, for the next two to three days. The only other road from the Valley to Jammu is the old Mughal Road which is not an all-weather road and passes through highly sensitive Shopian and Rajouri districts.

For the desperate tourists to get out of the Valley, that leaves them with other two options - train from Srinagar to Sangaldan, which bypasses the landslide-hit Ramban and flights from Srinagar International airport where the fares have already skyrocketed owing to the closed highway.

After the attack in Pahalgam, which was full...