Night cold and day hot in Kashmir

Srinagar, Nov 30 (UNI) The nights in the Kashmir valley were cold as the minimum temperature dipped to several degrees below normal with icy winds due to snowfall on upper reaches while the days remained hotter because of bright sunshine.

A weather office spokesman told UNI that the minimum temperature in the Kashmir valley was minus 2.9 degrees, which was two degrees below normal.

He said normally during this period of the season, the temperature used to be between one degree to minus one degree during the nights which is being considered normal. However, for the past two days the minimum temperature was recorded below normal resulting in cold during the nights.

However, he said, the days are hotter because of bright sunshine.

The maximum temperature yesterday was two degrees above normal.

Meanwhile, a massive operation was going on to recover the body of a teacher who was buried under a snow avalanche at Zero point on the Srinagar-Leh national highway on November 25.

A report from kargil said that rescue teams from Army, police and villagers of Pandras and Matayen had left from Drass early this morning to recover the body of the teacher.

The body of another teacher, who was also buried alive under the snow in the same area, reached his village in south Kashmir yesterday in a helicopter.

About 40 people, on way to Srinagar from Kargil, were caught in a snow storm on the highway on November 25. However, 38 were rescued while two had died.

The highway has been closed for six winter months from November 15 after heavy snowfall at Gumri, Shaitan Nullah, Zojila and Sonmarg.

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