Snow Fall at Jammu and Kashmir, Many Roads Closed, Six injured in car Accident

&NewLine;<p>November 07&comma; 2022 – Snowfall on hills and rain in the plains in the state has started the cold with a drop in the temperature&period; Light to moderate snowfall occurred at Pir Ki Gali&comma; Sadana Pass&comma; Zojila Pass&comma; and Gulmarg&period; The snowfall has also affected the roads&period; Due to this&comma; the Srinagar-Sonmarg-Gumri highway has also been closed apart from the Mughal road&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Snowfall was recorded around one foot at Sinthan Top&period; Due to this&comma; the road connecting Kishtwar to Anantnag has been closed&period; Padar has also received 3-4 inches of snowfall&period; According to the Meteorological Centre&comma; Srinagar&comma; there may also be snowfall or rain in many areas during the next 24 hours&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Srinagar district received 27 mm of rain&comma; Baramulla 23 mm&comma; Bandipora 22 mm&comma; Kulgam and Budgam 21 mm&comma; and Pulwama 20 mm&period; Due to snowfall and rain&comma; the temperature has decreased&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The minimum temperature in Gulmarg has reached minus 3&period;6 degrees Celsius&period; It rained after an intense thunderstorm in the Jammu district late on Saturday night&period; However&comma; the sky remained cloudy on Sunday as well&period; During the last 24 hours&comma; 16&period;2 mm of rain was recorded in the Jammu district and 17&period;0 mm in Katra&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On the other hand&comma; in the Srinagar district&comma; the maximum temperature has dropped by about seven degrees from regular to 12&period;7 degrees Celsius&period; Qazigund recorded a maximum temperature of 11&period;5 degrees Celsius with a decrease of eight degrees Celsius&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Pahalgam recorded a drop of 6 degrees Celsius with a maximum temperature of 10&period;5 degrees Celsius&comma; and Gulmarg recorded a decrease of 9 degrees Celsius with a maximum temperature of 4&period;2 degrees Celsius&period; Jammu district recorded a maximum temperature of 28&period;4 degrees Celsius&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Car slips on snow-covered Gulmarg-Butapathri road&comma; six injured<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Gulmarg&period; Six passengers were injured Sunday when a car skidded off Nagin on the snow-clad Gulmarg-Butapathri road in north Kashmir&period; The army helped rescue the wounded&period; After a four-hour rescue operation&comma; all were taken to the hospital&period; It is said that despite the prohibition&comma; the speed of this car going on a snow-covered road was very fast&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Power supply affected by the storm&comma; damage to crops <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The power supply was also disrupted at many places due to heavy rains and thunderstorms late on Saturday night&period; Transformers got burnt in many places&comma; and wires broke&period; In Jammu city&comma; the power supply was stalled for eight to 17 hours at many locations&period; This was the condition of the Basohli area of &ZeroWidthSpace;&ZeroWidthSpace;Kathua&period; This also led to water scarcity&period; Apart from this&comma; crops have also been damaged by the storm&period; Farmers are upset due to the strong wind in Pargwal and Ramgarh of the Samba region&comma; causing losses to their corps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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