Night temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley remained several degrees below the freezing point on Monday with Kargil town freezing at minus 20 degree Celsius. “At minus 20 degree Celsius as the minimum temperature, Kargil was the coldest town in Jammu and Kashmir followed by Leh at minus 10.9 degree Celsius. “Minimum temperature recorded in Srinagar …
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January 15, 2018Severe cold wave continued in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday as Kargil in Ladakh region froze at minus 14.5 degrees, recording the lowest minimum temperature this season. “Present cold wave conditions are likely to continue till December 22,” a Met Department official said. Leh recorded minus 11 as the night’s lowest temperature. The mercury dipped …
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December 18, 2017Having been carried to the cold desert of Kargil at a height of 8780 ft. from the 798 ft. plains of Punjab on experimental basis, the Beetal goats have survived their first harshest winter. Twelve goats of the variety were transported to Kargil last summer from the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University …
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February 21, 2017Having been carried to the cold desert of Kargil at a height of 8780 ft. from the 798 ft. plains of Punjab on experimental basis, the Beetal goats have survived their first harshest winter. Twelve goats of the variety were transported to Kargil last summer from the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University …
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February 21, 2017