Weatherman predicts improvement from tomorrow, Sgr-Jmu highway remain closed
Srinagar, Mar 23: The overnight heavy rainfall in most parts of the Valley brought the mercury further down while some parts of the higher reaches continued to receive snowfall for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.
However, the local weatherman here has predicted significant improvement in weather conditions from tomorrow afternoon and said that the overall improvement in the weather conditions would be from March 25.
The Valley received rainfall from Sunday while as the local Meteorological department here had issued weather advisory for five wherein it was stated that the heavy rain and snowfall would occur across Jammu and Kashmir on March 22 and March 23.
“Although as per the forecast, the rains would continue intermittently in the night, but there is possibility of significant improvement in the prevalent weather conditions from Wednesday afternoon,” Director MeT, Sonum Lotus said.
He said that the overall weather conditions would improve from Thursday, adding that from March 25 (Thursday)-March 28, they are expecting dry weather across Kashmir.
Lotus further informed that as per the forecast, there is possibility of light rainfall on March 29, but overall the whole week would remain mainly dry. Lotus informed that the temperature would also go up in the coming days.
During the four-day dry weather conditions, he said that the farmers can go to their orchards for spray and other purposes.
The normal life got affected for the second straight day due to the intermittent rainfall as the street vendors and others couldn’t install their carts to earn their livelihood, while the inundation of the roads affected the smooth passage to the commuters as well as the pedestrians.
Meanwhile, the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road connecting Valley with rest of the States, remained closed for vehicular movement. The highway was closed for the vehicular movement on Monday afternoon following the landslides triggered by the heavy rainfall.
Officials said that the men and machinery was pressed to clear the roads after landslides, adding that the highway would be thrown open for the traffic tomorrow subjected to the weather conditions—(KNO)
