Srinagar|Jan,30 : Life in Kashmir was on Monday disrupted on the final day of the ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’, the harshest winter period in the region as fresh snowfall snapped the Valley’s connections with the rest of the country, affecting surface and air traffic, officials said.
Moderate to heavy snowfall was recorded in the plains of Kashmir, while the higher reaches experienced heavy to very heavy falls, they said. The officials said Srinagar received about seven inches of fresh snowfall, Gulmarg more than a foot, Pahalgam nine inches, Gurez 1.5 feet and the plains of Kupwara district around four inches. In the upper reaches, it was around one-two feet. They said the snowfall started late Sunday night in most places and continued till the last reports came in.
