India, March 23 -- The Mughal Road, a vital alternative route connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country, reopened for vehicular traffic on Sunday after remaining closed for around 10 days due to heavy snowfall, officials said.Jammu Real Estate

The 84-km road links south Kashmir's Shopian district with Poonch and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region.

Officer Commanding of GREEF, Ashish Gupta, said that the snow clearance work was completed after an improvement in weather conditions.

"As the weather cleared, we removed snow from the Mughal Road and completed the clearance work this afternoon. After this, vehicles were allowed to move towards Kashmir as well as towards Poonch from Kashmir," he said, adding that the first vehicle from...