Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 10: The hills of Kashmir received snowfall and rains lashed the Valley today with the Meteorological Department (MeT) forecasting erratic weather conditions for this week.
Several areas including Sadhna Top, Machil , Keran sector, Gulmarg, Gurez Valley, Razdan Top, Zojila Pass, Sonamarg, Gulmarg and other higher reaches received fresh snowfall.
Rains lashed the plains including Srinagar, which led to the temperatures plummeting across the Valley.
Meanwhile, Director MeT, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad said that “intermittent spell of light to moderate rain and snow is expected at many places from March 12 to 14.”
He said that the weather conditions are expected to remain dry from March 17 to March 21.
The peak activity or most rain and snow is expected on March 13, 14 and 15.
In its advisory, the MeT has advised travellers, tourists and transporters to follow administration and traffic advisory while farmers have been asked to suspend farm operations from 10th March onwards till 16th March. “Avoid sloppy and avalanche prone areas,” the advisory read.
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