Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday took to social media to share updates about his road trip from Srinagar to the Civil Secretariat in Jammu, after his flight was cancelled the previous day due to poor visibility at the Jammu airport. 

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Abdullah said, "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."

Abdullah also said the hazy conditions didn’t seem to be improving. “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,” he further said.

As many as eleven flights were cancelled on Sunday due to low visibility and another was called off due to technical reasons, news agency PTI reported citing airport officials. 

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Upon arriving at the Civil Secretariat in Jammu, Abdullah was accorded a warm welcome and a guard of honour, marking a significant milestone in his tenure. This was  Abdullah's first visit to the civil secretariat in Jammu as chief minister since assuming office on October 16.

“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 on X, formerly Twitter. 

Taking to X, the Jammu and Kashmir CM also shared the visuals of s showing his convoy travelling from Srinagar to Jammu. Airport officials stated that flight operations resumed as scheduled on Monday morning after the earlier disruption.

“Poor visibility in Jammu meant a sudden, last-minute, road trip. Nothing flew in to or out from Jammu yesterday so I had to saddle up & take the road to the winter capital,” he wrote on X. 


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