GANDERBAL|SONAMARG: The world famous tourist resort of Sonamarg, Gulmarg and other heights in the Kashmir valley received 3 to 4 inches fresh snowfall while plains, including Srinagar city, were lashed by heavy rains since yesterday on Friday. People in the summer capital and other areas of the Valley are literally shivering in the rains, while fresh snow and chilling breeze has brought happiness on Sonamarg the picturesque place in Ganderbal District. In present time tourists from allover india enjoying fresh snowfall in Sonamarg the white carpet on earth." it’s really beautiful..... I can’t express my happiness. I have seen snow only in TV, but today I am standing amidst it,” Tripori of Orrisa India who had come along with her family while talking JK Monitor Correspondent.
According to Official report the Leh National highway connected with Srinagar closed since last evening followed heavy snowfall on Zojilla pass till furthet order. All city roads, including the Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of the city, were waterlogged disrupting pedestrian and traffic movement. It was still raining, disrupting normal life. The other plain areas in the valley were also lashed by heavy rains since Friday. A Met department said Western Disturbances (WD), already hitting the region since yesterday on Oct 24, would remain active till Oct 27 which could result in snow on kashmir hills and rain in the plains.