Srinagar Feb 3 (IANS) Minimum temperatures continued their free fall in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Saturday due to clear overnight sky a Met official said.
Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.5 Pahalgam minus 4.2 and Gulmarg minus 7 degrees Celsius.
At minus 13 Kargil was the coldest town in Jammu and Kashmir as Leh recorded minus 5.2 as the night s lowest temperature.
Jammu city and Katra town recorded 7.5 Batote four Banihal 0.7 Bhaderwah two and Udhampur four degrees Celsius.
Kashmir has witnessed scant snowfall so far this winter a cause of concern as the murmuring mountain streams serene lakes and bountiful rivers flow rich during summer only if there have been heavy snowfall in winter.
--IANS
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