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PHOTOS: Kashmir witnesses heaviest snowfall on New Year's Eve
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.