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Gulmarg, Amarnath cave, other hilly areas experience fresh snowfall, rains lash plains

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MeT predicts erratic weather till Jun 21, advises farmers to avoid orchard spray till Jun 22, says rain may lead to shooting stones in vulnerable area

Srinagar, June 18: The higher reaches of Kashmir including Gulmarg, Shopian and Amarnath cave experienced fresh snowfall while rains lashed plains intermittently on Saturday, bringing down the temperature across the Valley.

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The fresh wet spell from last evening brought relief to the people from scorching heat as the maximum areas of Jammu and Kashmir were reeling under heat wave where maximum temperature crossed above 30 degree Celsius frequently from the last over some weeks.

Deputy Director Meteorological department (MeT), Mukhtar Ahmad told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the snowfall has occurred at many higher reaches of Kashmir and some among them include Gulmarg, Amarnath cave, Shopian and hilly areas of Sonamarg.

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He said that it is not for the first time that snowfall has occurred in the month of June as whenever the temperatures go down, the hilly areas usually experience snowfall.

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Moreover, the rains lashed the plains including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir where mercury plummeted and settled at 19.3 degrees Celsius. Srinagar recorded the hottest day of the season on June 15 at 32.8 degrees Celsius.

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Gulmarg where a fresh snowfall occurred today recorded a maximum temperature of 8.5 degrees Celsius.

Director MeT, Sonum Lotus while sharing the details of forecast, informed that the weather would remain generally cloudy with intermittent rain and snow over the higher reaches till 21st June.

He said as per the forecast the weather conditions would improve from June 21 afterwards.

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Lotus also advised the farmers to avoid orchard spray till June 22, 2002.

He also said that the rain may lead to shooting stones in vulnerable area.

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NIT Srinagar declares winter vacation amid ongoing semester exams

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National Institute of Technology, Hazratbal Srinagar, has instructed all students to vacate hostels with immediate effect.

The instructions, the authorities said, are being made in pursuance of the declaration of winter vacations.

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“Pursuant to the declaration of Winter Vacation for students w.e.f 30.11.2023 vide Order No. 60 of 2023 issued under endorsement number NITS/R/23/600 dated 30.11.2023 all hostel boarders (Boys and Girls) are instructed to vacate the hostels with immediate effect”, reads a circular.

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Handwara vegetable market gutted in fire incident

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The Vegetable market (Sabzi Mandi) in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was Thursday gutted in a massive blaze, officials said.

An official said that the fire broke out in the wee hours today, left about 10 vegetable carts gutted in the incident, adding that vegetables worth huge amount got damaged in the incident.

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The official said that Fire and Emergency Services reached the spot and doused the flames with the help of Police.

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Gulmarg among several areas receive fresh snowfall, rains lash plains

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The famous tourist destinations including Gulmarg and Doodhpathri experienced fresh snowfall on Thursday while rains lashed plains, bringing the mercury down.

Reports said that several areas of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, which include Gulmarg and Doodhpatri as well.

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The weatherman has predicted light to moderate rainfall at most places and light snowfall over middle and higher reaches today.

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Meanwhile, the night temperature improved across Kashmir with Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recording a minimum temperature of 5.3 degree Celsius.

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The mercury in Qazigund settled at 5.0 degree Celsius while in Pahalgam it settled at 1.5 degree Celsius.

According to data, Konibal and Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 1.0 degree Celsius each.

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