Srinagar: Cold wave tightened its grip in Kashmir Valley today as the night temperature plummeted to the season’s lowest in many places, resulting in the freezing of fringes of the famous Dal Lake for the first time this winter.
The summer capital Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season as the mercury settled at the low of minus 4.5 degrees Celsius, a spokesman of the MeT Department said here.
He said the dip in the temperature resulted in the freezing of fringes of Dal Lake here and many other water bodies as well as drinking water taps.
Leh in Ladakh region also experienced the coldest night of the season as the temperature plummeted to settle at minus 11.9 degrees Celsius. The region was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir.
The nearby Kargil town recorded the minimum of minus 8.2 degrees Celsius, the spokesman said.
