The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the fifth day today as fresh snowfall hampered efforts to clear the road for vehicular movement.

The road was closed on Tuesday after a snow avalanche had blocked both tubes of the Jawahar Tunnel on Qazigund side. An official of the traffic department said intermittent snowfall was hampering road clearance operations.

Snowfall occurred in the rest of the valley this morning with Srinagar city getting nearly two inches of snow in the early hours, a MET department official said.

Cold wave conditions persisted in Kashmir as the minimum temperature at all places stayed well below the freezing point last night.

Kargil was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir as the minimum temperature settled at minus 19.8 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature at Kargil yesterday was minus 3 degrees Celsius.