FRESH SNOWFALL IN HIGHER REACHES OF KASHMIR

Higher reaches in Manali received fresh snowfall which will benefit the tourism industry. ANUP THAKUR, president of Kullu-Manali Paryatan Vikas Mandal

- HTC and PTI

SRINAGAR: The higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Tuesday as the cold wave conditions persisted across the valley and the minimum temperature plummeted several degrees below the freezing point, officials said.

They said light snowfall was recorded last night in the tourist resort of Sonamarg and a few other areas in the higher reaches of the valley.

The fall in mercury led to the freezing of water supply lines even as a thin layer of ice covered the surface of several water bodies.

Kashmir is experiencing intense cold conditions, with the maximum temperature in Srinagar on Monday settling over six degrees below normal for this time of the season.

On Tuesday, the summer capital recorded minus 6.6 degree Celsius during night, which is 2.4 degrees below normal temperature. Konibal in Pampore was the coldest place in Valley with mercury dropping to minus 8.5 degree celsius.