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He added that snowfall had uprooted trees, which fell on power lines at several places, causing outages. He assured that electricity supply was restored in almost all parts of the Valley except some areas of South Kashmir districts.The rare November snowfall has also affected vehicular movement along Jammu-Srinagar road, forcing it to remain shut for the last two days. The Valley received just 80 MWs power supply as against the normal 1150 MWs supplied on Saturday morning, power development department chief engineer Hashmat Qazi said.The government has formed an inquiry committee, said divisional commissioner Kashmir Baseer Khan on Sunday. A traffic police spokesperson said the decision to allow vehicles along the route will be taken after the snow is cleared.After the snowfall in Srinagar, young boys roaming under the Chinar trees in Srinagar.Khan said authorities will clear the snow within the next two days, following which road connectivity will be "fully functional". He added that J&K police rescued at least 200 people, including truckers and tourists, after they were left stranded at Mughal Road in Shopian and Jammu-Srinagar highway following heavy snowfall.The minimum temperatures across the Valley remained below freezing point with Gulmarg being the coldest at minus 5 degrees, followed by Kargil (-4.6), Leh (-1.5 degrees) and Pahalgam (-0.5 degrees)..