It’s ‘white January’ as fifth snow spell hits hills; heavy snowfall alert in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh

Jammu | Sunday | 20th January, 2019

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“We expect above normal snowfall this winter,” said Sonam Lotus, chief of Srinagar Met department.Himachal too is in line for record snowfall. NEW DELHI: January continues to be “white” in the hills of north India as the month’s fifth spell of snow hit the region from Friday. Kothi in Kullu district has received 110cm of snow this month, nearly 15 times more than what it got last January (7.5cm). “This is the best snowfall we have had in Uttarakhand in at least the last three years. Snow is the main source of water in the Himalayan rivers that feed the northern plains..