| Fresh snowfall in Srinagar, elsewhere in Kashmir | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 9: Fresh snowfall was experienced on early Saturday morning in the Kashmir valley, including summer capital, Srinagar and its adjoining areas, where majority interior roads, lanes and by-lanes remained under snow disrupting pedestrian and vehicular movement.
A Met department spokesman said Saturday that there could be light rain or snow in Jammu and Kashmir region during the next 24 hours. However, during the subsequent two days weather will remain dry, he said.
At some places in the civil lines, including historic Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of the summer capital, Srinagar, roads have become slippery due to frozen snow disrupting traffic movement. However, authorities were seen using salt to defreeze the frozen snow to make roads safe for driving.
Roof and tree tops, already under about 10 inches of white blanket, received about five inches of fresh snowfall since early Saturday morning. Snow on the roof top had frozen and in some areas icicles could be seen hanging due to minus 4 degree minimum temperature before fresh snowfall this morning in Srinagar.
The Mechanical department had put into service machines to clear the snow on the main roads. However, interior roads and lanes and bylanes remained under snow.
People alleged that interior roads and lanes and bylanes leading to the residence of bureaucrats, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) corporate, and other VIPs have been cleared. However, hundreds of roads remained under frozen snow disruption normal life.
Very less number of passenger and private vehicles were seen on the roads due to slippery road condition. Vehicles remained parked in the interior parts of the city because the roads remained under snow.
All mainstream political parties, including Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticized the administration for failing to clear the snow on the roads.
Reports received said in some areas people contributed and hired tractors and other vehicles to clear snow on their roads. At Sumarbugh colony, people said they contributed Rs 50 each household and paid to a tractor driver to clear the snow on the road.
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