Srinagar, Dec 27: Srinagar and other plains of Kashmir received the season’s first snowfall on Friday, ending a prolonged dry spell and delighting both people and tourists.
Parts of Doda, Ramban, and Kishtwar also witnessed snowfall, while the plain in Jammu experienced widespread rains.
The snowfall disrupted traffic on several strategic routes, including the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and Mughal Road that connects Shopian in south Kashmir to Rajouri and Poonch in the Pir Panjal region.
Other roads like the Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri route to Ladakh, Sinthan-Kishtwar Road, and Kokernag-Marwah-Warwan Road, were also closed due to snow accumulation.
In Srinagar,…