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The higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed snowfall and the plains rainfall connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) arsenic 'Chillai-Kalan' (big cold), the 40-day harshest wintertime period, brought much-needed respite for the radical of the Valley aft a prolonged adust spell.
Snowfall was reported from the Gulmarg tourer edifice successful northbound Kashmir’s Baramulla district, wherever astir 2 inches of snowfall has accumulated, officials said successful Srinagar.
In the tourer edifice of Sonamarg connected the Srinagar-Kargil highway, snowfall began aboriginal Sunday (December 21) greeting and was going connected till the past reports were received, the officials said.
Sadhna Top, the walk connecting the Tangdhar assemblage on the Line of Control to the main Kashmir Valley, received mean snowfall with six inches of snowfall accumulating since Saturday (December 20) night.
Light rainfall began successful Srinagar and elsewhere successful the Valley overnight and was going connected intermittently, the officials said.
The upwind section has forecast accrued snowfall and rainfall successful the vale implicit the adjacent 48 hours.
The precipitation successful Kashmir ended a prolonged adust spell, which led to a spike successful communal ailments specified arsenic cough and cold, particularly among children and the elderly.
The rainfall and snowfall connected the archetypal time of Chillai-Kalan is locally seen arsenic a bully omen and a precursor to plentifulness of snow.
A adust wintertime past twelvemonth caused terrible problems for the residents and the tourism players.
The Chillai-Kalan play volition extremity connected January 30,2026. It volition beryllium followed by 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold) and 'Chillai-Bacha' (baby cold).
