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In Pictures | Tourists flock to Gulmarg as recent snowfall drapes Kashmir in white

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Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASIN Indian vacationers and locals ski on a slope in Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar
Kashmir continues to reel beneath intense chilly wave since heavy snowfall earlier this month. The intense chilly has resulted within the freezing of water provide strains and water our bodies in a number of areas, together with the Dal Lake within the Union Territory. The night time temperature continues to settle a number of levels under the freezing level, however there was some enchancment throughout the valley, barring the ski-resort of Gulmarg, Sunday night time, a MET official stated. The minimal temperature on the resort, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, settled at minus 6.0 levels Celsius final night time, down from minus 4.2 levels Celsius the night time earlier.

Srinagar metropolis, the summer season capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 6.4 levels Celsius, up from minus 7.6 levels Celsius the earlier night time, the official stated.

The minimal temperature within the metropolis on Sunday night time was nonetheless over 4 levels under the conventional for this time of the yr, he stated.

Pahalgam vacationer resort, which additionally serves as a base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 6.8 levels Celsius, up from the earlier night time’s minus 8.7 levels Celsius.

Qazigund, the gateway city to the valley, recorded a minimal of 8.3 levels Celsius and was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir, the official stated.

Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.2 levels Celsius, whereas Kokernag in south minus 6.9 levels Celsius.

Several water our bodies, together with the floor of the well-known Dal Lake right here, have frozen as a result of bone-chilling chilly, prompting authorities to situation an advisory in opposition to strolling on the ice.

The plunge within the minimal temperature has brought about issues for the residents because it has additionally resulted within the freezing of water provide pipes.

A thick layer of ice has frozen over a number of roads within the metropolis and elsewhere within the valley, making it troublesome for motorists to drive.

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINIndian vacationers stroll on a snow-covered highway in Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINTourists wait for his or her flip to make use of ski-lift used to move them up a slope high in Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINKashmiris pull Indian vacationers on sledges at Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINSukjeet Kaur, 13, a Kashmir faculty lady skis down a slope as her teacher and mates watch in Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINTourists from Holland ski down a slope as fog engulfs the background in Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINAn Indian vacationer enjoys a morning stroll on a snow-covered highway on a chilly and foggy morning in Gulmarg

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINA stray canine walks on a snow-covered highway as fog engulfs the background on a chilly and foggy morning in Gulmarg

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINTrees are coated with hoar-frost on a chilly day in Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINTourists ski down a slop in Afarwat, Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINRamasha Rizwan, an Indian vacationer is helped by a Kashmiri ski teacher to ski down a slope in Afarwat, Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINMeenu Nanda, 38, an Indian vacationer poses alongside along with her husband as an unidentified member of the family takes an image in Afarwat, Gulmarg

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINA Kashmiri sledge puller walks on a snow-covered slope at Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINA Kashmiri tour operator carries baggage of a vacationer as he walks towards a lodge at Gulmarg

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINSkiers’ tracks crisscross the slopes in Afarwat, Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

Image Source : AP PHOTO/DAR YASINAbandoned huts belonging to nomads are coated by snow in Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar

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