Photographs: Umar Ganie Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar
People of Kashmir on Tuesday woke up to a white snow blanket as the Valley and its adjoining areas received the season’s heaviest snowfall.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: Vehicles move sluggishly during heavy snowfall in Srinagar on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
The snowfall began around midnight on Monday and continued till late in the afternoon on Tuesday without any let up.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: People walk on a snow covered bridge during heavy snowfall in Srinagar on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
The snowfall threw life out of gear across the Valley as the roads turned slippery making vehicular and pedestrian movement precarious.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: Vehicles move slowly during heavy snowfall in Srinagar on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
The slippery condition on the roads led to traffic disruptions and caused numerous road accidents.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: Srinagar Municipal Corporation workers clear snow on the roads on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
The snowfall closed Kashmir’s lone connecting highway, the strategic Srinagar Jammu national highway, and shut all air traffic for the day as no flights could land here because of low visibility and the accumulation of snow on the tarmac.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: People walk during heavy snowfall in Srinagar on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
The snowfall has led to power outages, further deteriorating the worst-ever power crisis in the Valley.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: A train moves on snow-covered tracks during heavy snowfall in Kashmir on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
Though the state authorities pressed into service snow clearing machines, however, because of the continuous snowfall the inter-city and inter-district transport was highly affected.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: A man walks under snow-covered trees during heavy snowfall in SrinagarPhotographs: Umar Ganie
While majority of the people were adversely affected by the snowfall, it brought cheer to the visiting tourists and people connected with the tourist trade at health resorts particularly at the ski resort of Gulmarg.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: Children play in the snow during heavy snowfall in Srinagar on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
The snowfall was ominous for the people who had planned the New Year celebration in the Valley.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: A man clears snow on the roof of a houseboat on Dal Lake on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
Hundreds of tourists have thronged to Gulmarg on the New Year’s Eve and they are overjoyed as the snowfall opens up their chances of indulgence in variety of winter sports on offer at the health resort which include skiing, sliding, snow biking and Gandola rides.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: Trucks stranded outside Srinagar during heavy snowfall on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
The roofs of the houses had to be cleared of the snow in Srinagar and other towns to prevent them from getting snowed in.
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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
Image: A snow cutting machine clears snow on the Jammu Srinagar highway on TuesdayPhotographs: Umar Ganie
However, the snowfall added to the charm at the famous Dal Lake where the roof tops of the houseboats had a thick covering of snow.
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