Rains intensify in Kashmir, schools closed in Gurez

The wet weather conditions intensified on the fourth day of intermittent precipitation in Kashmir with heavy rainfall in many parts of the Himalayan valley.

- HT Correspondents

SRINAGAR:

The bad weather prompted authorities to close schools for three days in the remote Gurez valley of Bandipora in north Kashmir owing to heavy snowfall and the threats of avalanches.

There was heavy rainfall in many parts of the Kashmir valley during the night and morning hours. In the summer capital Srinagar heavy rains lashed around pre-dawn hours.

In north Kashmir, the heavy rainfall continued till the afternoon.

The meteorological centre in Srinagar said that Srinagar recorded a rainfall of 10.6 mm followed by 9.1 mm in northern district of Kupwara and 5.8 mm in southern resort of Pahalgam.

Police said that the rains caused caving in of a bund (retention wall) in the southern area of Pahalgam in Anantnag district causing mild injuries to three persons. "There was no loss of life or injury in the incident," said a police official of Anantnag.