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Environment

Jammu records lowest temperature, Kargil freezes at -20

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Jammu on Thursday recorded the coldest night of the season at 2.7 degrees Celsius as the cold wave intensified further in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu on Thursday recorded the coldest night of the season at 2.7 degrees Celsius as the cold wave intensified further in Jammu and Kashmir. “There is no immediate relief in sight for at least another two to three days,” a Met official said. Foggy mornings have been adding to the chill in Jammu city over the last four days. Heavy fog led to poor visibility disrupting…

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Mercury drops to – 4.4°C in Srinagar City

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The night temperature in the Kashmir valley has fallen several degrees below the freezing point while the days are unusually warm, rising to a high of a few degrees above the average. The minimum temperature recorded overnight at most places in the Valley was four to six degrees below the freezing point, an official at Srinagar Meteorological Center said. In Srinagar, the overnight temperature had dropped to a low of -4.4°C, which was two degrees colder than the normal. Gulmarg, a skiing resort in north Kashmir and a major attraction…

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Changing weather pattern not good for farmers: Study

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The winter is turning out to be driest period in the recent years in Jammu. The region has received below average rain since the withdrawal of monsoon in September last year. Post-monsoon months of October, November and December are considered as dry months but there used to be occasional rain and thunderstorms beneficial for the rabi season. Except a few days of rainfall and snowfall in mid-December in 2017, the region is experiencing warm weather and cold nights. “Although October-December is mainly dry, this year there was below average rainfall…

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Cold wave tightens grip over Kashmir as mercury plummets below zero

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The cold wave conditions across Kashmir intensified as the night temperature dropped several notches below the freezing point Meteorological department director Sonum Lotus said there would not be any significant changes in the weather in the coming week “There can be light snowfall in the upper reaches on January 5, but as such there won’t be any significant changes for the week,” the official said Currently, Kashmir is in the grip of ‘chillai kalan’, the 40-day harshest winter period when the mercury goes below the freezing point and the cold…

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Cold wave, dry weather continues across Kashmir Valley

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Cold wave continued in Kashmir as the night temperature stayed several degrees below the freezing point but people experienced some relief after the mercury increased slightly at most places. Kargil, in Ladakh region, was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir as the minimum temperature there settled at minus 11.4 degrees Celsius last night, an increase of nearly four degrees from minus 15.2 degrees Celsius the previous night, an official of the MET department said. He said the nearby Leh town recorded a low of minus 9.6 degrees Celsius,…

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‘Chillai Kalan’ Harshest winter period is here

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There has been a respite in the cold wave in the Valley as the temperature has witnessed an increase. The temperature increased by as much as six degrees at some places due to rain. “The rise in temperature was due to the cloudy conditions last night,” said Director, Meteorological Department, Sonam Lotus. Meanwhile, residents are bracing up for ‘chillai kalan’, the 40-day harshest winter period, which begins tomorrow. During ‘chillai kalan’, which begins with the winter solstice, the chances of snowfall are maximum and most frequent. The weather remains cold…

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HC asks PDA to consult experts for hotel renovations

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The J&K High Court has directed the Pahalgam Development Authority to appoint and consult a technical expert for supervising the repair and renovation of any structure or hotels in and around the Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir. These directions were issued on Monday by a division bench of Justice Mohamad Yaqoob Mir and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey following public interest litigation on Pahalgam. Earlier in October, the court in its directions had sad that no fresh construction should be allowed in Pahalgam, and if any renovation or repair of…

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Shrine board to take legal recourse against NGT decision on Amarnath

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Governor calls for emergency meeting on January 9 to discuss further action Days after the National Green Tribunal imposed certain restrictions with regard to the conduct of the Amarnath pilgrimage in the south Kashmir Himalayas, the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), which manages the affairs of the pilgrimage, has decided to challenge the NGT decisions legally. In this context, Governor NN Vohra, who is chairman of the SASB, has convened an emergency meeting of the shrine board on January 9, 2018, to discuss the recent directions passed by the NGT…

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Kargil, Pahalgam experience coldest night of season

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Cold wave tightened its grip over Kashmir as the night temperature decreased by several degrees at most places owing to dry weather, even as the weather office predicted a further drop in the minimum temperature. The night temperature dropped at most places in Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, last night, an official of the Meteorological Department here said. He said Pahalgam, in south Kashmir, and Kargil, in Ladakh region, experienced the coldest night of this winter so far last night. The mercury at Pahalgam decreased nearly six degrees from minus…

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At -1.5, Srinagar records season’s lowest temperature

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Srinagar city has witnessed the lowest maximum temperature of the season so far, while the ski resort of Gulmarg was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday at minus 9.8 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature in Srinagar on Wednesday was 4.2, while the minimum was recorded at minus 1.5 on Thursday, an official of the Met Department said. Slippery roads and frozen water taps marked the morning in the city here as very few vehicles were seen on the roads. People were seen lighting small fires around the frozen…

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