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Hello Jammu News at 6:06:00 PM 0


Srinagar, Feb 21 :  The higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed with rains overnight, the MET Office said on Thursday.

An official of the MET Department said the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded 29 cms of snow, while Kupwara received 11 cms of fresh snowfall during the night.

Snow was also recorded in some areas like Banihal and Jawahar Tunnel along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the official said.

He said there are reports of fresh snowfall in few other areas in the higher reaches of the valley.

The plain areas, including summer capital Srinagar, received intermittent rains during the night which continued till the morning on Thursday.

The MET Office has said there is possibility of rain/ snow at widespread places in the state, with heavy falls at isolated places in Kashmir and heavy to very heavy falls /thunderstorms at isolated places in Jammu on Thursday. It forecast scattered rain/snow at isolated places across the state on Friday.               [Agencies]
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Hello Jammu News at 6:25:00 PM 0



Dehradun Feb 14 : The upper reaches of Uttarakhand received fresh snowfall on Thursday while the lower areas were lashed by heavy rains, the meteorological department said.

Areas located above 2,500 metres above the sea level in Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts received fresh snowfall and the lower areas in most of the districts were hit by rains adding to chill all over the state, it said.

The Met office said it started snowing in Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib, Rudranath and Panchkedar temples in Chamoli district and at Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district early in the morning and continued intermittently.

Cold winds blowing from the hills swept the plains which also received showers in varying degrees, it said.

It rained intermittently in Dehradun throughout the day. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived here on way to Rudrapur to address a rally was held up at the Jolly Grant airport here for over four hours due to bad weather.

The prime minister arrived here at around 7 am but could leave in an IAF helicopter for his onward journey only at 11.15 am, a senior police official said.             PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 1:36:00 PM 0


Srinagar, Apr 20: The national highway, connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir was closed yet again on Friday due to fresh snowfall, while landslides forced closure of traffic on 86-km-long historic Mughal road.
However, despite rain the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road, linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was through for only one-way traffic.
There was fresh snowfall on the 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway at Zojila, Meenmarg and other areas due to which road had become slippery forcing authorities to suspend traffic, a traffic police official told.
He said if the weather improves and road become safe for journey, traffic will be allowed on the highway.
'We are allowing traffic from Drass in Ladakh to Sonamarg in Kashmir in the morning from 0500 hrs to 1100 hrs everyday when the highway remains open, he said adding later traffic is allowed from here to Drass.'
The historic Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu was also closed for traffic movement following landslides in Pir-ki-Gali area. The authorities have already pressed into service sophisticated machines to put through the road, which is also seen as alternative to Srinagar-Jammu national highway.
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was through for only one-way traffic, he said.
On Friday traffic will ply from Srinagar to Jammu only and no vehicle will be allowed from opposite direction, he said adding the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) , responsible for the maintenance of the highway, was already on the job to make it two-way at Peera Ramban where landslides had occurred on Wednesday. Only one-way traffic would continue till further orders. UNI 
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Hello Jammu News at 12:44:00 PM 0


Srinagar, Mar 2: Sadhna top, Z-Gali and Phirkiyan passes, connecting dozens of far flung and remote villages, including those near the Line of Control (LoC), with their respective district and tehsil headquarters, were closed again on Friday due to fresh snowfall since early this morning.
The Razdan pass, connecting border town of Gurez, surrounded by Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) from three sides, remained closed due to accumulation of snow and slippery road conditions since last month.
Traffic was suspended on Sadhna pass, Z Gali and Phirkiyan today due to fresh snow and slippery road conditions, a Police Control Room (PCR) official told over phone from Kupwara. The passes were recently opened for traffic after remaining closed for several days due to snowfall.
Dozens of far-flung and remote villages, including those near LoC, besides border town of Karnah, Keran, Machil and Tangdhar, were cut off from Kupwara because of closure of these passes, he said, adding that traffic will be resumed only after improvement in the weather and reviewing of road condition.
He said on the basis of information received from SASE, medium danger avalanche warning for next 24 hours has been issued on Thursday evening for Baramulla, Gulmarg, Furkian, Z- Gali, Kupwara-Chowkibal-Tangdhar, Bandipora and Kargil areas.
This winter, there was very less snowfall as compared to previous years, when these roads remained closed for six months, he said and added that this time, roads to border towns of Keran, Karnah, Machil and Tangdhar remained open during the winter months, due to less snowfall. 
However, 11 persons, including an officer of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), were killed in a snow avalanche at Sadhna top in January this year.
Meanwhile, traffic on road connecting border areas, including Gurez and Neeru, with district headquarter Bandipora remained suspended since December last year due to accumulation of several feet of snow at Razdan top besides slippery condition. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 1:27:00 PM 0




Srinagar, Dec 12 : Srinagar turned into white heaven on Tuesday after recording first snowfall of the season.
The summer capital has been recording rainfall since late Monday night after rain during the day, ending long dry spell.
Roof and treetops had turned white as people woke up in the city this morning. The open fields and parks besides roads were also under white blanket.
However, people, including children, were out to enjoy the snowfall which was going on at the time of filing of this report as the night temperature was above normal though day become cold since yesterday due to rain followed by snow.
Hills surrounding Srinagar had also turned white due to moderate snowfall since last evening.
A Met department spokesman said there could be moderate rain or snow in Srinagar during today.UNI

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Hello Jammu News at 12:00:00 PM 0




Srinagar, Dec 7 :  The 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway, linking Ladakh region with Kashmir valley, has been closed due to fresh snowfall since late Wednesday night.
However, Srinagar-Jammu national highway and historic Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region are through for traffic, a traffic police official told .
He said there was fresh snowfall at Sonamarg, Zojila and Meenamarg on Ladakh highway during the night.
'We have closed the highway for traffic due to snowfall and slippery road conditions,' he said, adding that there is almost no possibility to allow any traffic movement today. Snow on the road would get frozen due to which there is a danger of accidents and traffic will be allowed only when weather improve and there is a green signal from the authorities.
Meanwhile, the Met department has already issued a forecast for heavy rain and snow in the state from December 11 to 15 which could affect air and surface traffic.UNI

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