Thanks to the unusual weather, the 3rd J&K Bank Mughal Rally will not run on the Line of Control in the Gurez Valley of Kashmir — which would have been a first of its kind for a motorpsort event in the country.
With days to go for the flag-off, heightened snowmelt from the glaciers of the surrounding mountains have forced the organisers, the Himalayan Motorsport Association, Shimla, to cancel the Gurez leg of the event.
Avalanches and landslides that have occurred as a result of the heavy snowmelt in last few days have effectively closed this route on the Line of Control between India and Pakistan dashing the hopes of the organisers.