Friday, November 14, 2008
Mercury dips by 7, snow in Valley
While the plains across Kashmir valley were lashed by rains today, the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg experienced fresh snowfall resulting in mercury plunging by 7 degrees. Agricultural experts say the showers are by all means good for agricultural sector.
Normal life was affected to some extent in the valley after Srinagar city and other parts of the plains witnessed intermittent rainfall since 8.30 a.m. Srinagar recorded a rainfall of 2.0 mm while it was 12.0 mm in Kupwara which also experienced light snowfall in the intervening period between 8.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
Reports from Gulmarg said about eight inches of snowfall was recorded in the upper reaches of the hill resort while other tourist resorts like Pahalgam and Sonmarg also witnessed rain showers. Reportedly no tourist was spotted in nearly all the tourist resorts.
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Normal life was affected to some extent in the valley after Srinagar city and other parts of the plains witnessed intermittent rainfall since 8.30 a.m. Srinagar recorded a rainfall of 2.0 mm while it was 12.0 mm in Kupwara which also experienced light snowfall in the intervening period between 8.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
Reports from Gulmarg said about eight inches of snowfall was recorded in the upper reaches of the hill resort while other tourist resorts like Pahalgam and Sonmarg also witnessed rain showers. Reportedly no tourist was spotted in nearly all the tourist resorts.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit:
http://epaper.kashmirtimes.com/KT/KT/2008/11/14/index.shtml
Labels: agricultural sector, famous ski-resort of Gulmarg, Gulmarg, hill resort, Kashmir Valley, Kupwara, Pahalgam, snowfall, Sonmarg, Srinagar city, tourist resorts
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