SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Shabir is a senior journalist, covering defence and internal security besides other assignments
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“From January 12 to 13 there is a possibility of widespread moderate snowfall (rain in plains of Jammu) with heavy snowfall over higher reaches," officials said.
Officials said that the weather system was “very likely” to affect surface transportation during January 8 and 9 and air transportation during January 12 and 13.
Women police station in Srinagar's Rambagh. [Image for representational purpose only]
“It will be cloudy with the possibility of light snow over higher reaches during Saturday night. There will also be light rain and snow over the plains of J&K and light to moderate snow in middle and higher reaches during January 8 and 9,” the MeT officials said.
Snowfall likely from today in J&K: MeT
“From January 8 to January 10, the weather is expected to be cloudy with the possibility of snowfall and rain in Kashmir,” the MeT officials said.
Men sell blankets on a wooden platform in the backwaters of Dal Lake amid cold weather.
A Dal inhabitant rows his boat in the backwaters of Lake even as his surroundings are carpeted with white dew on a chilly morning in Srinagar.
Roadside vendors sell warm clothes on the banks of the Dal Lake on a cold winter morning, in Srinagar on Saturday.
The MeT officials said Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 8.2 degrees Celsius against minus 8 degrees Celsius the previous night, 1.2 degrees Celsius below normal for the skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
These buses have disappeared from roads and officials said that they are facing losses and are still running the buses.
Pahalgam shivers at -9°C, Gulmarg at -8°C
The Meteorological Department officials said that the snowfall started in Kashmir late Thursday afternoon and continued intermittently till midnight.
"This means there has been an imbalance between average incomes of agriculturists and non-agriculturists, which in essence means that 60 percent people are becoming poorer."
Khan, who has “close association” with J&K, said mistakes committed by some political leaders “complicated Kashmir issue”.
Officials said that the Gulmarg Ski resort in Baramulla district recorded a low of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius against minus 6 degrees Celsius the previous night, 1.4 degrees Celsius above normal.
A man rides a two-wheeler amid snow in north Kashmir's Tangmarg area on Monday, 14 November 2022.
Boatman warm themselves near a bonfire at a ghat on the bank of the Dal amid chilly weather in Srinagar. [File]
Meanwhile, snowfall started in Pahalgam late Monday evening.
J&K govt logo [Representational Image]
People purchasing winter wear from a flea market as cold wave continues in Kashmir.
Sub-zero temperatures continue in Kashmir( File)
A man carries freshly baked bread amid chilly morning in Srinagar.
A woman crosses a bridge even as she holds a Kangri in the interiors of Dal Lake on the first day of Chillai Kalan- the forty days of harsh winters in Kashmir- starting from 21st December, every year.
Kashmir braces for the 40-day long Chillai Kalan, the harshest spell of cold in winter.
File photo of IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar.
Graphic for representational purpose only.
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A man sits next to a fire in Srinagar's Lal Chowk amid chilly mornings in the Himalayan region.
File Photo
A man walks over a wooden bridge in famous Dal Lake on a foggy morning amid freezing cold weather in Srinagar. [Representational Image]
The MeT officials said that in north Kashmir’s Kupwara town, mercury settled at minus 2.8 degrees Celsius against 1.7 degrees Celsius the previous night, 1.1 degrees Celsius below normal.
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A fi sherman casts a net on the waters of Tsunt Kul, a navigational canal that branches out from River Jhelum and helps regulate the water level of Dal Lake. The canal gets its name from the Kashmiri word for quince, ‘Bamb-Tsunt’, as, in the past, there were many quince trees on its banks.
They said that Srinagar received 0.9mm of rain, Qazigund 2.6mm, Pahalgam 2.3mm, Kupwara 5.5mm, Kokernag 5.6mm, Jammu 1.0mm, Banihal 9.4mm, Batote 13.8mm, Katra 2.6mm and Bhaderwah 3.2mm during the time.
Fresh snowfall in Gulmarg; upper reaches in Kashmir, Ladakh
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