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| Jammu receives 40 mm rainfall, Patnitop lashes with snow | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: While the upper reaches of Jammu province experienced heavy snowfall, the winter capital of the state received about 40 mm rainfall in the past 24-hours, plummeting further the day temperature in the region.
The rain which started on Wednesday evening continues to fall throughout the day in Jammu city and other parts of the region due to which the normal life remained affected.
It was raining cats and dogs which forced the people to remain indoors so as to protect them from downpour and biting cold as the temperature dipped to about 15 Degree Celsius.
The snowfall took place at famous hill resort of Patnitop, Trikuta hills in mountainous Reasi district and both sides of Jawahar Tunnel near Banihal. According to the official reports, rains will continue to pour for the next 48 hours as strong Western Disturbance (WD) has hit the region and the temperature may further dip in next few days.
"There will be rainfall in the region during next 24 hours as the strong Western Disturbance is passing over Jammu and Kashmir", said a senior weather scientist.
He said that they are expecting more rainfall in plains and snow in higher reaches in next few days, which will further decrease the maximum and minimum temperature in the state. "While present conditions are good for the farming community, but people will have to bear the brunt of severe cold wave", said the scientist.
It is important to mention here that Jammu and Kashmir was facing dry spell since past few weeks, affecting not only the farming community but giving rise to diseases related to cold.
Other parts of the region continued to reel under biting cold conditions with mercury recording a drop in the state. In Jammu region the night temperature at Katra was recorded at 5.8 Degree Celsius, followed by Banihal, 4.8, Batote, 4.7, Jammu, 4.5 and Bhaderwah, 1 Degree Celsius.
"The present weather condition is somewhat similar to last year's climate as the temperature is dipping with each passing day and the region is reeling under intense cold wave. With today's heavy rainfall and snowfall in hilly areas it seems that it will deteriorate further in coming days," a Jammuite said.
Due to the prevailing climatic conditions the Jammu -Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic due to snowfall in several parts of Jammu as well as Kashmir Valley which have been covered with a blanket of snow. Hundreds of vehicles and trucks have been stranded on highway due to fresh snowfall at Patnitop and both sides of Jawahar Tunnel.
With the stoppage of vehicular movement between twin capital cities, scores of passengers had to face lot of hardships amid chilling weather. In view of the snowfall, traffic authorities decided to stop up and down movement of traffic on the highway.
''As heavy rains lashed the entire Jammu region followed by snowfall near Jawahar Tunnel in Banihal and Patnitop, hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the ever busy national highway,'' the sources said They said the vehicles have been halted at Udhampur, Batote and near Banihal while on the other side of the tunnel, the vehicles coming to
Jammu from Srinagar have been stopped at Qazigund ''The snowfall is continuing and unless it is not cleared, the vehicles will not be allowed to proceed further to avoid any untoward incident,'' the sources further said. Road clearance operations have already begun in the areas which have received snowfall, they added Meanwhile, all flights between Srinagar and Jammu were cancelled following inclement weather.
Uninterrupted snowfall in Srinagar and poor visibility has led to the cancellation of all incoming and outgoing flights operating between Srinagar and Jammu, official sources said.
Even though flights between Jammu and other destinations of the country were operating normally, private air carrier Kingfisher Airlines has cancelled its flight between Jammu and Delhi, they said. Air passengers have been advised to report at the respective airports tomorrow at schedule timings for their onward destinations, they added. |
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