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| Chillai Kalan arrives with a bang sending shivers down spine of Kashmiris | | Srinagar records record minimum temperature of December in 6 years | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 21: Kashmiris this morning woke up to one of the coldest nights in the recent past. The bone chilling cold sent shivers down the spine of the people and most of them could be seen shivering due to extreme cold conditions.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar was recorded as minus 6.5 degrees Celsius more than five degrees below the normal night temperature. This was the coldest night in the summer capital of the state over the past six years or so during the month of December. On December 27, 2010 the minimum temperature was recorded as minus 6.6 degrees Celsius.
Incidentally today was the first day of Chillai Kalan. The 40 day long Chillai Kalan is considered to be the harshest period of the winter season in Kashmir. It starts on December 21 and culminates on January 29 the next year. Chillai Kalan is followed by Chillai Khurd and Chillai Bacha.
Chillai Khurd starts from January 30 and ends on February 18. Chillai Bacha starts from February 19 and culminates on February 28. The 70 day long period of the Chillas comprises the harsh period of the winter season in Kashmir. People make use of the warm clothes during the winter season so as to keep the cold at bay.
Due to the extreme cold conditions fringes of the world famous Dal Lake and some other water bodies in the valley were frozen. Many water taps also got frozen due to the dip in night temperatures over the past few days. Some of the mini waterfalls in Kashmir valley were also frozen due to the extreme cold conditions.
The entire Kashmir valley has been reeling under severe cold conditions over the past few days with the minimum temperature falling many notches below the freezing point. However, the day temperature is normal with Sun coming out during the day time. The matters have been made worse by the erratic power supply.
People living in both the metered and non-metered areas are feeling the heat since the power supply gets snapped every now and then. Although, the Power Development Department (PDD) has formulated a curtailment schedule for both the metered and non-metered, but the same is not being implemented in letter and spirit.
The department claims that metered areas face a daily cut of four hours while as non-metered areas are subjected to a cut of nine hours daily. But on ground the situation is grim with metered areas facing curtailment of six to eight hours with non-metered areas subected to a daily cut of 12-15 hours across the valley. |
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