Fresh snowfall ends dry winter spell in Kashmir; Jammu-Srinagar National Highway blocked
Fresh snowfall ends dry winter spell in Kashmir; Jammu-Srinagar National Highway blocked
Fresh Snowfall Was On Monday Recorded In Many Areas Of Jammu And Kashmir, Leading To The Closure Of The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway For Vehicular Traffic. PTI | Updated on: 12 Feb 2018, 09:39:03 PM
Srinagar:
Fresh snowfall was on Monday recorded in many areas of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway for vehicular traffic.
The snowfall, however, snapped Kashmir’s links with the rest of the country as the arterial Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed due to the accumulation of snow around Jawahar Tunnel in the Qazigund area.
The minimum temperature in the national capital was recorded at 7.3 degrees Celsius, a degree below the season s average making it the coldest of the season so far while the maximum temperature was recorded at 19.5 degrees Celsius, four degrees below the normal, said a Meteorological (MeT) Department official.
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Snowfall in high reaches, rain in other parts of Himachal Pradesh (Representational Image)
Several high reaches in Himachal Pradesh received snowfall and other areas witnessed rains in the last 24 hours, the Meteorological (MeT) Department said on Friday. Meanwhile, a five-storey building collapsed in Sanjauli locality of Shimla city due to heavy rains in the wee hours on Friday.
However, no one was living in the building except the caretakers who had been safely evacuated a day earlier after the building tilted towards one side, a police official said.Â
Kalpa in Kinnaur district and Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district witnessed 38.4 cm and 20 cm snowfall, respectively, MeT centre Shimla director Manmohan Singh said.Â
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Another spell of rain, snow likely in J&K
On Tuesday, the weather in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh remained dry, despite the Meteorological (MeT) Department forecasting another brief period of rain and snow in the two union territories beginning on Wednesday.
“Today weather will be generally cloudy in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh with 50 per cent chances of brief shower in the evening at isolated to scattered places of J&K.
“Scattered to widespread rain/thunderstorm and snowfall over higher reaches like Gulmarg, Zojila and on higher reaches of Leh-Manali highway is likely during April 21 and 22. Thereafter, mainly dry weather is expected till April end,” a statement of the MeT department said.