The flight carrying three Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal,Ashwini Choubey and Dr Jitendra Singh was on Saturday diverted to Srinagar due to bad weather.

It is not clear whether the much-anticipated visit of the Union Council of Ministers to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir that was to begin with the Jammu-leg on Saturday will take off on the day or not.

Scheduled for January 18 to 24, the visit by 38 ministers to the newly formed UT was aimed at spreading words about the government's policies, particularly those taken in the last five months after the abrogation of Article 370.According to government sources, there will be 51 visits to Jammu and eight to Srinagar.

Meghwal was scheduled to visit Samba's Puramandal area,Choubey to Samba's Chajjwal and Jitendra Singh to Jammu. On Sunday, Smriti Iraniwill visit Katra and Panthal areas in Reasi district while her cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal will be in Jammu's Akhnoor region, Mahendra Nath Pandeyin Jammu's Dansal, Meghwal in Kathua's Basholi and V. Muraleedharan in Kathua's Bilawar.

On January 20, Union Minister General V.K. Singh (retired)will visit Udhampur's Tikri region while Pratap Sarangi will be Kathua's Ramkoat region and R.K. Singh in Doda's Ghat region. On the same day, DebashreeChoudary will be in Marh region in Jammu.

On January 21, Kiren Rijiju will visit Jammu's Suchetgarh,Kishan Pal Singh Gujjar will be in Poonch's Mandi and Gen V.K. Singh inUdhampur's Chenani.

On the same day, Nitin Gadkari will be in Rajouri district,Kailash Choudary in Samba's Vijaypur, Sarangi in Kathua, Gajendra SinghSekhawat in Kathua's Hiranagar, Anurag Thakur in Jammu's Khour, Arjun Munda inRaesi's Pouni, Hardeep Singh Puri in Rajaouri's Sunderbani, while Thawar ChandGehlot will be in Poonch's Surankote region.

Sanjay Dhotre will be in Rajaouri's Kalakote and SantoshKumar will visit Ramban's Batote region.On January 22, Union MinisterPurushottam Rupala will be in Jammu's RS Pura, Gujjar in Poonch, Prahalad SinghPatel in Udhampur's Ramnagar, Chaudary in Samba's Cakrambagh, Sekhawat inKathua's Barnoti, and Patel in Udhampur's Majalta region.

On the same day, Renuka Singh will visit Udhampur's Khoonregion, Munda will be in Raesi's Arnas, Som Prakash will be in Jammu's Bhalwal,Thawar Chand Gehlot in Poonch's Balakote, Sanjay Dhotre in Rajouri's Nowshera,Gangwar in Ramban's Chanderkote, Faggan Singh Kulaste in Poonch and Rao SahebPatil Danve in Rajopuri's Manjakote.On January 23, Rupala will be visitingJammu's Miran Sahib region, while Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti will be visitingRaesi's Bhomag. Suresh C Angadi will be in Jammu's Bishnah and Som Prakash inRaesi's Thakrakot.On the same day, Kulaste will be visiting Poonch's Mankoteand Rameshwar Teli will be visiting Ramban district headquarters.

On January 24, Prahlad Joshi will visit Rajaouri's Kotrankawhile Giriraj Singh will be in Udhampur's Chenani.This will be the second roundof visit to Jammu and Kashmir by Union ministers after the abrogation ofArticle 370 which granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu andKashmir.

Earlier this month, in one of the meetings of the Council ofMinisters, a presentation was made on the development initiatives taken by theCentre following the imposition of Governor's rule in the region.