First snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir brings along widespread blackouts

  • | Monday | 5th November, 2018

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).

First snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir brings along widespread blackouts 1 11 sno11 An aerial view of Srinagar city after Kashmir witnesses season’s first snowfall on Sunday sno10 After the snowfall in Srinagar, young boys roam around the yellow trees in Srinagar on Sunday sno9 After the snowfall in Srinagar, view of chinar trees in Srinagar, on Sunday sno8 PDD employees restore electricity in Srinagar outskirts sno7 PDD employees with their machinery restore electricity in Srinagar outskirts on Sunday sno6 Teenage boy in Srinagar outskirts sno5 Teenage boys in Srinagar outskirts on Sunday sno4 Teenage boys in Srinagar outskirts while watching towards cattle on Sunday sno3 A man in Srinagar outskirts while removing snow from his roof top on Sunday sno2 An old aged man with his cattle flock in Srinagar outskirts on Sunday snow1 After the snowfall in Srinagar, young boy roams around the yellow tree in Srinagar on Sunday SRINAGAR: Power supply and road connectivity remained interrupted across Kashmir Valley for the second consecutive day after Srinagar received its first snowfall of the season on Saturday.The city, after receiving just three inches of snow, had experienced massive power outage. 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. 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. 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).

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