Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) Night temperature improved in Jammu and Kashmir Monday due to a cloud cover in the valley where the Gulmarg ski resort received mild snowfall during night.
A MeT department official said here in the morning that Gulmarg town, known as a popular skiing destination, received "a mild snowfall during the night where the minimum temperature was minus 5.8 degrees Celsius today (Monday)".
"Srinagar city also showed improvement in the night temperature. The minimum temperature recorded during the night was minus 0.3 degrees. In Pahalgam, the minimum temperature today was minus 3 degrees," he said.
"Leh town of Ladakh region recorded minus 10 degree Celsius while Kargil town recorded minus 14 as the minimum temperature. In Jammu city, the minimum temperature was 7 degrees," he added.
The MeT official said weather is likely to remain partly cloudy and dry during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir.
Interestingly, while the hills in the neighbouring Himachal Pradesh have received heavy snowfall in last 10 days, snowfall has been eluding the valley so far.
Farmers, in particular, and the common man in general are worried over the delayed snowfall because all the perennial water reservoirs of Kashmir are replenished during the 40-day period of harsh winter called by Kashmiris as "Chillai Kalan".
No snowfall during this period, from December 21 to January 31, means problems of irrigation and drinking water supply during the summers.
Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan, and Ananya Panday's much-awaited film 'Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Sto
Would like to work on public health in India: Obama
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that that he and his wife Miche
In Karnataka's Tech City Bengaluru, the police have taken major action against the gang running a
Study Cows for Bio-Reactor Properties
Panaji, Feb 6 (IANS) Cows should be studied for their bio-reactor properties and India should i
The central government has announced that the Census of India's population will be conducted duri
Voting for the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections has ended. All the people involv
Congress is putting in all its efforts to regain its lost political ground in Delhi. Along with f
The last and third match of the three-match ODI series between Afghanistan and Ireland (AFG vs IR
Four accused arrested for firing and arson at the residence of former Union Minister Salman Khurshid
Police have arrested four accused in connection with the case of arson and firing in the house of
The issue of Kachchativu Island is once again in the news. The reason for this is an appeal made
