Srinagar, Jan. 28 -- Fresh snowfall disrupted life in the Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar city, on Tuesday with all flights cancelled at Srinagar airport and many major roads, including the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, closed. Officials announced the closure of the 270-km hilly national highway connecting Srinagar to Jammu owing to slippery road conditions, and snow accumulation between Banihal and Qazigund. They said no vehicular movement was allowed from Jammu towards Srinagar and vice versa. Furthermore, Mughal Road connecting Kashmir to the twin districts of Pir Panjal, Srinagar-Leh (SSG) highway, and Sinthan Road have already been closed since the January 22-23 snowfall. "The snowfall and rains started from Monday evening and as a precautionary measure we have suspended traffic movement on the national highway and also issued an advisory to the commuters owing to the weather conditions," said SSP (traffic rural) Ravinder Pal Singh. While the weather conditions are expected to improve from Wednesday, travellers are advised to check the air and road connectivity before initiating journey. The SSP said they had been diverting the vehicles coming from Srinagar back since Monday evening. "Some internal roads are connected but the roads in far-flung areas like Tanghdar, Sadna, Razdan pass and Gurez are still blocked owing to major snowfall," he said. The air traffic was also suspended at the Srinagar International Airport since early morning on Tuesday. "All flights to and from Srinagar airport have been cancelled due bad weather and continuous snowfall at Srinagar. Passengers are advised to reschedule their flights from the respective airlines," an official of the airport said. In rural towns like in Baramulla in the north and Shopian in the south, police came to the rescue of vehicles stuck on slippery snow-covered roads and also rushed people to hospitals amid snowfall. A police team rushed to Watergam in Baramulla where a pregnant woman required immediate medical attention. In another incident in Wagoora jurisdiction, one Abdul Rehman Shah sustained serious injuries after a snow-laden shed collapsed. "Police personnel promptly reached the spot, rescued the injured person, and shifted him to Kreeri SDH for medical care. Similarly, a two-year-old baby girl had fallen unconscious at her residence at Khan Mohalla, Thindma, Kreeri, and due to heavy snowfall and extremely slushy road conditions on a steep slope, neither the family nor an ambulance could access the location. Police personnel immediately rushed to the spot and evacuated the child to SDH Kreeri, where she is presently reported to be stable," the spokesperson said. The snowfall initially affected power supply in some parts of the valley, but was restored promptly. The meteorological centre in Srinagar has predicted improvement in weather from Wednesday for the coming three days, but has cautioned of snow avalanches in the next 48 hours. "The people, particularly in hilly areas, should be cautious and not venture into avalanche-prone higher reaches," said meteorologist Mohammad Hussain Mur from IMD in Srinagar. "The current western disturbance will leave the valley by Wednesday morning and the weather will be fine for the next three days," he said. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) successfully carried out a high-altitude rescue and road restoration operation under Project Sampark at Chattergala Pass situated at an altitude of 10,500 feet on the Bhaderwah-Chattergala axis, said officials. "The 118 Road Construction Company (RCC) of 35 Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) commenced snow-clearance operation in the morning on January 24 and continued for nearly 40 hours, clearing approximately 38 km of road covered under five to six feet of snow," said a defence spokesperson. The route was opened by evening January 25, enabling safe evacuation of 20 stranded civilians and 40 troops of 4 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), he added. The operation was executed in close coordination with the Indian Army....