| 6 days on, groom, baratis stuck on Karnah-Keran road | | Snow halts bridegroom's journey | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 28: A bridegroom along with nearly 20 baratis have been stuck on Keran-Karnah road for the past six days as a few feet of snow have blocked the highway and authorities have failed to come for the rescue of the stranded passengers.
Majaz Ahmad Lone would have never thought that his journey to get home his would be wife would turn into a nightmare as the inclement weather forced the closure of the road prevented the groom from reaching the reception venue where from he was to escort his bride back to his home.
Lone, 22, left with his seventeen friends and relatives from his home in Mandiyan, Keran in cabs adorned with flowers to travel 140 Kilometre road, snaking through hills, and bring her would-be bride home.
While garlanded Lone, donning groom dress, was travelling to reach her bride, Tahira Jan, the family and relatives of bride were waiting for would-be groom at their home at Tarbunia in Karnahin frontier district of Kupwara.
On October 24, Lone's cavalcade travelled through hilly tracts of Keran and it passed through Kralpora to reach Karnah. But as they were moving, snowfall began and the travellers got struck at Ringyari, 50 Kilometre from Karnah.
Soon the road was closed due to 3-feet snow and today for the sixth day they are trapped on the road, without having any food.
After the sixth day today, the district administration allowed the traffic to move from Karnah to Keran. Thus, making Lone wait for one more day! |
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