The upper areas of the Kashmir Valley, together with vacationer locations like Gulmarg and Sonamarg, obtained heavy snowfall in a single day. Along with these vacationer spots, contemporary snowfall was noticed within the larger reaches of Kupwara, together with Machil Sector, Z-Gali, Ferkhian High, Sadna High, Gurez, Zojila, and the Amarnath cave, with heavy snow accumulation of seven to eight inches. This prompted authorities to droop vehicular motion on roads main to those areas for security causes.
Slippery highway circumstances and adversarial climate have additionally impacted different areas like Bangus Valley and Gurez, which have skilled snowfall.
The district administrations have suggested residents within the higher reaches to keep away from pointless outside actions till circumstances enhance, with visitors to be restored as soon as the climate stabilizes.
Based on the Meteorological Centre in Srinagar, scattered gentle to reasonable rain and snow are forecast throughout Jammu and Kashmir over the following 48 hours.
On January 22, the plains of Jammu are anticipated to expertise gentle to reasonable rainfall, whereas a number of areas in Jammu and Kashmir, together with the upper altitudes, are more likely to witness gentle to reasonable snowfall.
One other spell of sunshine to reasonable rainfall within the plains and snowfall throughout varied areas of Jammu and Kashmir is anticipated on January 23.