Tahir Mushtaq
JAMMU: Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened for
vehicular traffic on Sunday after remaining closed for two days due to
continuous snowfall which also brought in a fresh spell of cold wave conditions
across Kashmir valley.
"The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened
for vehicular traffic today and vehicles were allowed to come from Jammu
towards Srinagar," a spokesman of the traffic department said.
The only road-link connecting the Kashmir Valley
with the rest of the country was closed for traffic for two days due to
continuous snowfall on either side of Jawahar tunnel in south Kashmir.
The snowfall, which began in the hilly areas of the
valley on Friday, brought down the mercury by several degrees and also resulted
in a decrease in day temperatures.
According to a Met department official, Srinagar
recorded a minimum temperature of 1.7 degrees Celsius and received snowfall and
rains equivalent to 1.7 mm rainfall.
He said the gateway town of Qazigund recorded a
minimum temperature of 0.2 degree Celsius, while the night temperature in
Kokernag settled at a minimum of minus 0.3 degree Celsius.
Qazigund and Kokernag received snowfall and rains
equivalent to 14.6 mm and 16.8 mm of rainfall respectively, he added.
The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg, which shivered at
minus 5.6 degrees Celsius the previous night, recorded a minimum temperature of
minus 6.2 degrees Celsius on Saturday night, the official said, adding that the
tourist destination received snowfall and rains equivalent to 5.6 mm of
rainfall.
The mercury in Pahalgam, in south Kashmir, settled
at a low of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius, and the resort received snowfall and
rains equivalent to 18.6 mm of rainfall, he said.
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