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States » NorthPosted at: Feb 4 2021 4:29PM


Frozen taps, water bodies start melting as mercury rises in Kashmir

Srinagar, Feb 4 (UNI) Taps and water bodies which were frozen due to sub zero temperature have started melting due to surge in the mercury much to the delight of people who suffered heavy losses after pipes and other equipment were damaged due to intense cold wave conditions.
Meanwhile, there could be scattered to fairly widespread rain or snow during the next 24 hours in the Kashmir valley, where plains, including summer capital, Srinagar received fresh very light snowfall while upper heights, including world famous ski resort of Gulmarg, had moderate snowfall early Thursday morning.
A day after the 40-day-long harshest period Chilai Kalan, ended on January 30, Srinagar witnessed coldest night of the winter when the minimum temperature recorded major drop and settled at minus 8.8 degree. The Chilai Kalan was coldest in three decades in Kashmir, freezing taps and water bodies , drains and nallahs badly affecting water supply.
Hundreds of water motors, pipes and other water equipment, including water tanks, worth lakhs of rupees were damaged after water froze. Plumbers and other workers were in great demand while people also burned wood and used kerosene blow lumps to defreeze the frozen water in pipes for restoration of water supply.
However, water bodies and frozen taps have now starting melting due to improvement in the mercury in the valley, including Srinagar.
After witnessing sub zero minimum temperature for over 50 days, Srinagar for the first time recorded 0.4 degree which was over a notch above normal. However, the maximum temperature recorded drop and was 3.4 degree on Wednesday which was 5.5 degree below normal.
After witnessing above normal night temperature, Srinagar had very light snowfall Thursday morning. However, snow on January 31st and subsequent days remained frozen on roof tops and both sides of the road, particularly lanes and bylanes in the city.
The sky would be mainly clear to partly cloudy and the maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 8 and minus 2 degree respectively during the next 24 hours in Srinagar.
The upper reaches in the Kashmir valley, including Gulmarg and Pahalgam, Sonamarg, Khilanmarg and areas near the Line of Control (LoC) received fresh snowfall.
Gulmarg, the world famous ski resort where hundreds of youths, including girls, are participating in the ski courses, was coldest in the valley though there was some drop in the minimum temperature. Against Wednesday's minus 5.2 degree minimum temperature it was minus 6.4 degree Thursday.
At Pahalgam the night temperature witnessed improvement and settled at minus 3.3degree against Wednesdays minus 3.9 degree though it was 2.2 notches above normal.
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