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Fresh snowfall in Kashmir valley

SRINAGAR, DEC. 28. Cold wave intensified in Jammu and Kashmir as the valley experienced fresh snowfall, as mercury dipped to 0.5 degree Celsius here this morning.

Kupwara and Baramulla districts of north Kashmir witnessed heavy snowfall, while it was mild in Srinagar and south Kashmir areas, official sources said today.

Residents of Srinagar woke up to an intermittent light snowfall in the morning.

A five-inch thick blanket of snow covered the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in Baramulla district where it was snowing well past noon today, they said.

Gulmarg, 55 kms from here, is hosting Winter Games and the fresh snowfall has brought cheers to the faces of the participants camping there for the past week.

The fresh snowfall has, however, snapped Gulmarg from rest of the valley as the road leading to the hill resort was buried under snow and efforts were on to clear the road, the sources said.

Areas on the periphery of Gulmarg were covered under one feet of snow, while the Tangmarg also witnessed five inches of snow till this afternoon.

The entire Kupwara district was covered by a snow blanket with six inches to two feet of snow recorded at several places, disrupting traffic and power supply in the border district, the sources said.

Many a roads leading to the forward areas of the district were closed in view of the heavy snowfall, they said adding the infiltration routes along the line of control also got blocked by the snow. -- PTI

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