MeT Predicted Light Snowfall At Higher Reaches on January 22

Srinagar, January 10 (KAT): After an extended dry spell of over one month, Meteorological (MeT) Department on Saturday forecasted light snowfall in the higher reaches on January 22.

Mukhtar Ahmad, Director of the local MeT Department, told Kashmir Abb Tak that higher reaches of the Kashmir valley are expected light snowfall during the night intervening January 21 and January 22, and the same is likely to continue till late afternoon on January 23.

The officer said some higher reaches in Ganderbal, Bandipora and Kupwara districts might receive heavy snowfall, particularly on January 22.

Authorities in Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora and Ganderbal districts have issued advisories asking people living in the higher reaches not to venture out of their homes during snowfall.

During the last two months, almost all the water bodies have been flowing at very low discharge as rivers, streams, springs and lakes have been adversely impacted by the dry spell.

An extended dry spell has given rise to chest-related ailments as a bad cold, dry cough and flu have become common complaints at hospitals across the Valley these days.

Doctors have advised people, especially children and elderly people, not to expose themselves to long periods of cold and chilly air.(KAT) 

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