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Winter Wonderland: Snowfall affects surface, air traffic in Kashmir

News Desk by News Desk
January 4, 2021 | 11:12 am
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Winter Wonderland: Snowfall affects surface, air traffic in Kashmir

Photograph by Idrees Abbas for Kashmir Bylines

Srinagar: The major snowfall of the season left the entire Kashmir blanketed in varying depths of the white stuff even as air traffic remained suspended while Jammu-Srinagar and Mughal road also remained closed.

Snowfall began early on Sunday morning in most parts of Kashmir and continued throughout the night with large swathes of south Kashmir receiving more snowfall than north and central parts of the Valley, GNS reported.

Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, received snowfall of 13.4cms in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours, a MeT official told GNS.

He said Qazigund, the gateway town of valley, recorded the highest snowfall of 52cms while Pahalgam, the famous tourist destination, and Kokernag recorded 21cms and 32cms respectively.

Gulmarg, world famous skiing resort accumulated 4cms of fresh snowfall in the last 24 hours while Kupwara recorded 3.5cms of snowfall. Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district received almost the same snow depth as Srinagar even as it’s higher reaches accumulated around 20-24cms of fresh snow.

Most interior lanes are clogged with snow even as the divisional administration pressed men and machinery into service in the early hours of the day to clear snow from the roads. GNS reports suggest that the snow has been cleared from the most important roads and as work is in progress to clear the other roads.

 



All flights at Srinagar airport have been deferred till 11:30 AM due to low visibility. No flight could take off or arrive at the airport yesterday.

“All flights scheduled today from Srinagar have been delayed or rescheduled due to bad weather,” officials said.

Jammu-Srinagar highway, Srinagar-Leh Highway and Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts also remained closed.

Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.9°C while mercury settled at minus 6.7°C in Pahalgam, minus 5.0°C in Gulmarg, Qazigund minus 0.3°C, Kupwara minus 0.3°C while Kokernag recorded a low of minus 1.4°C, the officials said.

Kashmir is in the middle of Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day winter period which commenced on December 21 and ends on January 31. The period is considered the harshest of the winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum.

The weatherman has forecast more snowfall in the next 24 hours. (GNS)

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