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| Kashmir continues to freeze, min temp dips in Sgr | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Jan 23: Kashmir region continues to reel under chilly weather conditions as the valley continued to freeze today with the minimum temperature dipping three degrees below normal to minus 4.8 degrees Celsius while Leh was biting cold at minus 17.6 degrees.
A thick layer of frozen snow on the main roads and lanes in Srinagar and other towns of the Valley in the morning make movement difficult and risky for motorists and pedestrians.
“On Sunday Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, which is three degrees below normal, while Jammu too recorded minimum temperature at two degrees below normal at 7.5 degrees,” said a Met official.
The strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway was open to one-way traffic and vehicles are to move from Jammu to Srinagar. No vehicle will be allowed to move in the opposite direction, a traffic official said here.
These precautions are being adopted to prevent accidents on the over 300-km long highway, which remains highly slippery in its Bannihal sector. Pahalgam and Gulmarg tourist resorts were the coldest places in Kashmir Valley as mercury hovered ten degrees below the freezing point while the minimum temperature in Ladakh region fell by six degrees. Pahalgam in south Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 10.4 degrees Celsius while Gulmarg in north Kashmir settled at minus 10.1 degrees Celsius, a MeT department official said.
Srinagar city witnessed a slightly warmer night at minus 4.8 deg C, an increase of 0.5 degrees compared to yesterday. Leh town was the coldest place in Kashmir division as the minimum
temperature fell to minus 17.6 deg C compared to yesterday's minus 11.4 deg C. Qazigund, the gateway town to Kashmir, was freezing at minus 7.8 deg C while the night temperature recorded in Kokernag town in south Kashmir was minus 4.7 deg C.
Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded the lowest temperature of minus 5.7 deg C.
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