Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 8: Chilly weather conditions have intensified as the maximum and minimum temperatures remained several degrees below normal on Friday in Kashmir valley, where received heavy snowfall during the last 48 hours.
However, weather is expected to improve from Saturday morning onwards, which would result in improvement in the maximum and minimum temperatures. A Met department spokesperson told that the weather will improve from Saturday morning and the skies will remain clear in Kashmir valley till November 13.
Tree tops, roofs and open fields were still covered under a blanket of over a foot of snow in the summer capital, Srinagar, which received the season's first snowfall on Thursday. Majority of interior roads still remained under a foot of snow as the operation to clear the roads has not been initiated so far in the city, where electricity and water supply remained suspended since Wednesday night.
People could be seen wearing jackets, sweaters and pheran (traditional Kashmiri cloak), to evade chilly weather conditions in the city, where pedestrians were finding it difficult to walk on the roads which were waterlogged due to melting of snow as sun played hide and seek.
Gulmarg, about 55 km from here in north Kashmir, received over two feet of fresh snow during the last 48 hours, resulting in further dip in the night temperature.
A hotelier told that with the snowfall, the players associated with tourism industry are expecting more tourists to come to Gulmarg, which is famous for its ski slopes and the quality of snow. "So far 12000 tourists, including 600 foreigners, have visited the ski resort," an official said. |
