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Valley witnesses snowfall, incessant rains
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Monday, 10 March 2014
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Had intimated administration about bad weather: Met
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Srinagar: The incessant rainfall and
snowfall on Monday punctured the claims of authorities of various
government departments about the development of Srinagar as the main roads and
inner streets including Lal Chowk were inundated with water-giving tough time
to the pedestrians and vehicles at large.
The roads around Jahangir Chowk and Hari Singh high
street were all filled with water and even the situation made shopkeepers to
close their shops.
According to Meteorological Department, the weather
conditions will remain same till evening of March 12 and that the
same is likely to improve from March 13. The In-charge Director Met office
Farooq Ahmad Khan told KNS over phone that the upper reaches of valley will
receive moderate snowfall while as plains will witness rainfalls till March
12.
When asked why the administration and general public were
not informed about weather predictions before few days, Khan stated that their
department already had issued handout to the administration and media- stating
that the weather will witness a change from March 9. “The weather earlier was
sunny and it is expected that everyone would not have taken that information
seriously.” Meanwhile the reports reaching KNS informed that the snowfall has
closed the Srinagar-Jammu Highway and that Beacon and state authorities have
started the clearance of snow from Banihal and Patnitop.
The reports informed further that besides moderate rain
and snowfall across valley, massive snowfall was witnessed in Ladakh region on
Monday. Office of the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Monday closed
the schools for two days due to the prevailing weather conditions.
Meanwhile, the rains not only affected the electricity
supplies but the internet including broadband services were down. (KNS)
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