Cold wave continues in Kashmir Valley

This is the first time in the new year that the minimum temperature dropped to below normal levels and on four days,in last ten days,the lowest temperature was five degrees above normal.

Biting cold prevailed in Kashmir Valley with minimum temperatures dipping below the normal in several places.

The minimum temperature in the skiing resort of Gulmarg plunged more than sixteen degrees below the freezing point.

The mercury in the north Kashmir’s famous Gulmarg resort plunged to minus 16.2 degrees Celsius,recording a drop of 1.7 degrees from yesterday,a MeT official said.

The morning temperature in Gulmarg was recorded at minus 12.6 degrees Celsius,he said adding that the minimum temperature in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam tourist resort was minus 11.4 degrees Celsius,a drop of 4.6 degrees compared to yesterday.

Though Srinagar city recorded a slightly warmer night with minimum temperature increasing by 1.4 degrees,the city shivered at minus 2.8 degrees Celsius,with many of the interior roads and lanes covered by an ice layer. Electricity was restored at almost throughout the city after three days of complete black-out due to heavy snowfall,which had snapped the power supply.

Water supply,however,remained affected as extremely chilling weather froze the supply pipes.