Jammu Tawi, Nov. 7 -- Early snowfall and heavy rain on Thursday threw normal life out of gear in the Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The temperature has dipped drastically due to the sudden change in early November.

The 300 km long Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to snow and landslides. Hundreds of vehicles and apple laden trucks were stranded on the highway and the valley. The Mughal Road, that is the alternate road route to Kashmir through Rajouri in Jammu, is also closed due to snow since Wednesday. The tourist destination of Gulmarg recorded the highest snowfall of 4 ft till Thursday afternoon.

The upper reaches of the erstwhile Jammu provincial hills too received heavy to moderat...