Srinagar, May 5 -- Widespread rains lashed plains of Jammu and Kashmir while higher reaches witnessed light snowfall on Monday closing mountainous roads connecting south Kashmir to Jammu region's Pir Panjal, officials said.

They said that Mughal road, which connects Shopian in south Kashmir to Jammu region's Poonch district, was closed after fresh snowfall near Pir ki Gali. Many vehicles which were stranded on the road on both sides of a Pir ki Gali owing to the road closure were rescued after the stranded people to urge the administration to intervene.

"Many vehicles are stranded. Communication is very sketchy. Police teams and Border Roads Organisation have reached from both the sides and are rescuing the stranded people," said a Shop...