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| Fresh snowfall in Kashmir, Kargil freezes | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR. Feb 18: High altitude areas of Kashmir Valley, including the famous hill resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam experienced fresh spell of snowfall, while the plains including Srinagar were lashed by rains today, coinciding with the start of the last 10-day phase of winter known in local parlance as “Chillai Bacha”.
“It is snowing heavily in the upper reaches including the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir and Pahalgam in south and so far two inches to over one feet of fresh snow had accumulated on the ground,” official sources said.
They said Gulmarg, the major attraction for tourists visiting the Valley during winter which had recorded nearly five feet of snow early this week, had witnessed three inches of fresh snow till 1100 hrs, while its peripheral areas including Kangdoori, Aferwath and Khilanmarg experienced over one feet of snow.
Fresh snowfall had brought cheers on the faces of tourists who had arrived at the hill resort to enjoy skiing, the sources said adding the tourists were seen dancing and hurling snowballs on each other despite sub-zero temperature. Gulmarg was the coldest place in the valley with a low of minus 7.8 degrees Celsius as compared to minus 10.2 degrees the previous night, a spokesman for MET office said.
Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for annual Amarnath yatra, recorded four inches of snow this morning, sources said while adding that holy cave shrine of Amarnath and adjoining areas experienced over one feet of fresh snow. Hill resort recorded a minimum of 0.6 degrees, the spokesman said.
However, he said Kargil town in frontier region of Ladakh continued to be the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir with minus 18.0 degrees temperature. Night temperature also showed a decline in nearby Leh town where it settled at minus 10.8 degrees, the spokesman said. He said Srinagar, which along with other plains were lashed by light rains in the wee hours, recorded a low of 1.0 degrees celsius.
Kupwara town in frontier region of Ladakh recorded 1.8 degrees, while the night temperature in Qazigund town of Anantnag district hovered around zero degrees. Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian district towns of south Kashmir also experienced light snowfall after brief rains, the sources said.
“Chillai Bacha”, the final 10-day long phase of winter in Kashmir, commenced today and is considered less severe than 40-day long harshest “Chillai Kalan” and 20-day long “Chillai Khurd”.
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