{"id":308290,"date":"2019-01-18T08:28:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T08:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=308290"},"modified":"2019-01-18T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T08:28:53","slug":"heavy-snowfall-predicted-in-kashmir-govt-issues-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/heavy-snowfall-predicted-in-kashmir-govt-issues-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy snowfall predicted in Kashmir, Govt issues alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-308292 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/snowfall-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/snowfall-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/snowfall-1.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">After experiencing three successive snowfalls over the past month, Kashmir is bracing for yet another on January 19.\u00a0 According to weather department, this time snowfall will last four days and will gradually increase in its intensity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">State Government has issued an alert to people to be ready for the disruption as a result. People in the avalanche prone areas have been advised to take precautions.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Already at least ten persons were reported missing after three vehicles came under an avalanche at Khardung La in Ladakh area of Kashmir on Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In case of heavy snowfall, the surface and the air transport are the first to be hit which leads to shortage of essentials.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The temperature in Srinagar and the famous resorts like Gulmarg and Pahalgam plunged to minus degrees. According to MeT department, Srinagar\u00a0 recorded minus 0.7 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam minus 10.3 and Gulmarg minus 10.0 as the minimum temperatures on Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">However, more snow\u00a0 has been a welcome development for the tourism. According to the tourism department,\u00a0 hotels and guest houses are running full,\u00a0 at Kashmir\u2019s Gulmarg and Jammu\u2019s Patnitop, the two most sought after places in the state during winter. Both local and outstation tourists have made their way to the\u00a0 locations of Kashmir to experience the snow.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After experiencing three successive snowfalls over the past month, Kashmir is bracing for yet another on January 19.\u00a0 According to weather department, this time snowfall will last four days and will gradually increase in its intensity. State Government has issued an alert to people to be ready for the disruption as a result. 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