Flight cancelled, Omar Abdullah takes the road to reach office in Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah posted updates of his road trip from Srinagar
Omar Abdullah’s Road Trip to Jammu After Flight Cancellations Due to Poor Visibility
The civil secretariat in Jammu on Monday after poor visibility at Jammu airport caused the cancellation of his flight the previous day.
Airport officials said that low visibility caused the cancellation of eleven flights on Sunday, and technical issues led to another cancellation.
“Poor visibility in Jammu meant a sudden, last minute, road trip. Nothing flew in to or out from Jammu yesterday (Sunday) so I had to saddle up and take the road to the winter capital,” Abdullah said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
The chief minister also shared three videos of his cavalcade moving from summer capital Srinagar to Jammu on Sunday.
Omar Abdullah’s First Visit to Jammu Civil Secretariat Since October 16
Airport officials said that flight operations resumed as per the schedule on Monday morning, following the earlier disruption.
“Looking at the visibility from the balcony of the official residence I don’t think flights will be operating any time soon today either. You can barely see the sun in the haze,” Omar wrote in another post.
This was Omar Abdullah’s first visit to the civil secretariat in Jammu as chief minister since assuming office on October 16.
He received a warm welcome from employees upon arriving at the government seat at 10 am. Earlier, the government had instructed bureaucrats to be present at the civil secretariat in Jammu from November 11.
On June 30, Jammu and Kashmir ended its 149-year-old tradition known as the ‘Darbar Move.’ This biannual practice saw the government operating for six months in each of the two capitals, Srinagar and Jammu.
Around 8,000-9,000 employees working in the civil secretariats, based in both cities, would move along with official files twice a year.
