As Temperature plunges across Kashmir Valley, famous Dal Lake Freezes partially

 Zargar Zahoor

Srinagar,17 December: As the temperature dips in the Kashmir Valley, most parts of the world-famous Dal Lake were frozen on Thursday morning. According to the Meteorological Department, last night, Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar, on Thursday, recorded the coldest night of the season, the third-lowest December temperature in the past one decade, a weather official said.

The mercury dipped to minus 6.4 degrees Celsius in Srinagar on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday from minus 4.8 degrees on the earlier night.

Kashmir will get the next spell of snow with the onset of Chillai Kalan, the harsh 40-day winter period starting on December 21.

On Wednesday, Srinagar-based meteorological department director Sonam Lotus said that precipitation will be of moderate-intensity next week. “There is a possibility of light to moderate snowfall on December 21 and 22 at isolated places of Kashmir and Kargil district of Ladakh. No major snowfall is expected till the month-end in both the Union Territories,” he said.

Here are some pictures of the freezing Dal Lake, and locals finding ways to keep themselves warm amid the harsh winter in Kashmir.