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Weather improves in Kashmir, flight operations resume

LCT Desk by LCT Desk
January 7, 2022
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Raja Syed Rather

Srinagar, Jan 6: The flight operations at Srinagar international airport resumed and Srinagar-Jammu highway was opened for the stranded traffic after the weather conditions improved in Jammu and Kashmir following two-day wet spell.
Parts of Kashmir, including the world famous ski-resort, Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Pahalgam and other places experienced snowfall for the two consecutive days from Tuesday.
However, as the situation improved today, the flight operations resumed at Srinagar international airport.
Officials said that some of the flights got delayed in the morning hours, but later all the flights were operated following the improvement in visibility.
42 and 37 flights were cancelled at Srinagar international airport on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
The local Meteorological department (MeT) has predicted heavy to very heavy snowfall on January 07 and 08, issuing orange alert in Kashmir.
Meanwhile, the official here said that Srinagar recorded rain and snowfall of 12.9mm in last 24 hours till 0830 hours today. However there was no accumulation on ground.
The summer capital of J&K, he said, recorded a low of 0.3°C against previous night’s 0.8°C. It was 2.2°C above normal for this time of the year in Srinagar, he said.
Kashmir is presently under the grip of 40-day long harshest period of winter, known locally as ‘Chillai Kalan, which started from December 21. It is followed by a 20-day long ‘Chillai Khurd’ and a 10-day-long ‘Chilla Bachha’.
Gulmarg, which had nearly 3ft of fresh snowfall in last couple of days, recorded a low of minus 3.4°C against minus 4.0°C on the previous night at the world famous resort, he said.
Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, had 18-cm of snow in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours while it recorded a low of 0.4°C against 0.8°C on the previous night, he said.
Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir which had around 1-ft of fresh snowfall, recorded a low of minus 0.8°C against minus 0.4°C on previous night, he said.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had 11cm of snow during the last 24 hours even as it recorded a low of minus 0.7°C against 0.4°C on previous night, the official said.
Kupwara town in north Kashmir, having snow depth of around 8 inches of snowfall, recorded a minimum of 0.0°C, same as on the previous night, the official said.
Reports reaching here said that Bandipora-Gurez road remained closed with over 2.0ft of snow at Razdan top, 2ft at Tulail and 1.5ft at Dawar.
Machil, Karna and Keran roads in Kupwara district also remained closed as higher reaches of north Kashmir district received 2-4ft of snow.
Jammu, having 48mm of rainfall in 24 hours till 0830 hours, recorded a low of 10.3°C, down by 1.3°C from the previous night and normal of 7.3°C for the J&K’s winter capital during this time of the year, he said.
He said Banihal had 12cm of snowfall, Batote 0.6cm and Bhaderwah 3cm during the time.
Ladakh’s Leh recorded a low of minus 7.6°C against last night’s minus 7.3°C while Kargil station recorded a minimum of minus 7.6°C, the official said.

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