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| Fresh snowfall on upper reaches, rain in plains of Valley | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, April 19:
The Kashmir region continues to reel under intense cold wave conditions due to snowfall on upper reaches and rains lashed the plains of Valley.
The famous ski resort of Gulmarg remained coldest at minus 1.7 degree minimum temperature.
The upper reaches, including holy cave shrine of Amarnath and its peripheral areas have experienced fresh snowfall during the past 48 hours.
Reports of light to moderate snowfall were also received from other higher reaches, including Mahagunas, Pisoo top, Panjtarni and Sheshnag enroute cave shrine.
Chandanwari, the last motorable halting station on the route, and Pahalgam had moderate to heavy rains, resulting in increase in the water level in the Lidder river. However, the minimum temperature dropped to 3.4 degrees against yesterday's 4.1 degrees at the health resort Pahalgam.
There is possibility that by tomorrow the weather will improve, a Met department spokesman said.
The prevailing weather condition is due to the Western Disturbances (WD), which are active in the region, he added
The official also said the minimum temperatures had fallen by five to six degrees Celsius from the April average because of the rains and fresh snowfall in the Pir Panchal range in the south and around the Zojila Pass in the north.
Gulmarg, which is about 55 km from here, recorded minus 1.7 degree, a notch below yesterday's minimum of minus 0.7 degree.
There was also slight drop in the minimum temperature in the summer capital, Srinagar, where the life remained affected due to rains and a number of low-lying areas were affected with water logging.
Several roads in the city were submerged in water thereby making the pedestrian movement almost impossible.
The minimum temperature also dropped because of rains in other parts of the Valley, where people continued to wear jackets and warm clothing.
Water levels in most rivers in the Kashmir Valley have risen following continuous rains over the last three days, but the weather office here Tuesday discounted possibility of any floods.
The water level in the Jhelum river at Ram Munshi Bagh morning stood at 17 feet, which is two feet below the flood alert level.
“Further heavy rains can result in a flood alert, but we are confident the level would fall down as the weather starts improving,” said an official of the local flood control department here.
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