Snow, rain bring mercury down in J&K, Ladakh
The Mughal Road, which links Jammu’s Rajouri and Poonch districts directly with the Kashmir valley, was also shut due to heavy snow.
The Mughal Road, which links Jammu’s Rajouri and Poonch districts directly with the Kashmir valley, was also shut due to heavy snow.
The basic scope of work involves snow clearance, widening of the track, restoration of all foot bridges, fixing of hand rails and construction of breast walls.
As part of Khelo India initiative, the Army on Thursday organised Women's Snow Cricket tournament in Panzgam village in North Kashmir's Kupwara district.
Traffic movement has been stopped on the highway in view of continuous snowfall in Nowgam-Banihal sector and shooting stones at Mehar and Ramban.
Srinagar had 0.8, Pahalgam minus 3.8 and Gulmarg minus 3.6 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature today.
The snowfall is expected to linger and visibility in most of the city could drop below 1,000 metres, said the Beijing Meteorological Service.
Prudently and prosaically, I chose to pass my days in the company of the one person I know to be free of toxic viruses or murderous intentions, myself. I will, I decided, pass my winter days by myself, with the aid of written letters, spoken words and lighted screens. If I needed added salve, I would seek comfort from a redoubtable couple, Tequila and Tom Collins. Then came the snow. The mercury had been sinking the last several days.
The Jordan Electric Power Company said in a statement that falling trees and branches led to power outages on Thursday in 20 main locations affiliated with the company across the country, reports Xinhua news agency.
Officials in the tourism department said that a good number of tourists had arrived in Kashmir for celebrating New Year and were home bound now.
"Moderate to heavy snowfall is likely to occur in the Valley and Ladakh between December 23 to December 25".
