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SRINAGAR: In view of the prevailing weather situation in the district where it continues to snow heavily the Srinagar administration has issued an urgent appeal to the general public to avoid using private cars and other non-essential transportation for the time being to facilitate unhindered snow-clearance operation.

It has said that the snowfall situation as it exists in the district at the moment demands that non-essentials vehicles are kept off the roads to facilitate smooth operations to clear the snow.

It said the Mechanical Engineering Department needs clear corridor for clearing snow from roads adding that the movement...