Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir, Kargil shivers at minus 10

Cold wave grips Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region as temperature slipped further below the freezing point with Kargil at minus 10 degrees Celsius.

Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.2 degrees Celsius, a spokesperson of the MET department said.

The mercury in the tourist resort of Pahalgam, which serves as a base camp during the annual Amarnath Yatra, dropped by a degree to minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, spokesperson of the MET department said.

Qazigund, in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 2.3 degrees Celsius, a drop of almost one degree from the last night's minus 1.4 degrees Celsius, he said.

The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg registered a low of minus 1.4 degrees Celsius. The minimum in Kokernag, in south Kashmir, settled at minus 0.1 degrees Celsius, while Kupwara, in north, registered a low of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius.

The mercury in Leh, in Ladakh region, recorded a low of minus 9.3 degrees Celsius, a drop of over two degrees, while Kargil registered a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest recorded place in the state.