Fresh snowfall in Valley

There was some relief from the intense cold conditions for the residents in Kashmir as night temperatures rose by several degrees, even as the valley experienced fresh snowfall on Wednesday, MeT department said.

Fresh snowfall began at many places across the valley including Srinagar, breaking the intense cold wave conditions.

Pahalgam, tourist resort - which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra recorded three cm of fresh snow last night, an official a MeT official said.

The night temperature rose across Kashmir owing to a cloudy sky, he said.

The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose over three degrees from minus 5.8 degrees Celsius on the previous night to settle at minus 2.1 degrees Celsius Tuesday night, the official said.

He said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 2.9 degrees up by over four degrees from minus 7.2 degrees Celsius on the previous night.

The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus