STATE TIMES NEWS
BHADARWAH: The entire Chenab Valley is under the grip of severe cold wave due to continuous rain and snowfall in several areas, hitting normal life badly.
One to two feet snow has accumulated in upper reaches of Chenab Valley while in plains heavy rainfall forced people to stay indoors.
Reports said that people residing in upper reaches are facing hardships due to non-availability of food grains and kerosene oil and there is also acute shortage of essential commodities in various parts of Doda, Bhadarwah, Thathri, Gandoh, Bhallessa and villages of district Kishtwar.
An overnight whooshing of western disturbance, erupting from the Mediterranean Sea, Sunday night resulted in fresh snowfall and rains across upper reaches of Chenab Valley , especially Bhadarwah , plummeting the temperature by several notches. Due to the fresh snowfall in upper reaches and continued rainfall in plains, winter chill returned to Chenab Valley , forcing people to remain inside their houses and despite high velocity winds, upper reaches of Chenab Valley witnesses fresh snowfall especially Bhaderwah which is also known as Chotta Kashmir.
Across Chenab Valley , normal life was partly crippled as roads and other townships remained waterlogged, with people preferring to stay indoors. With incessant rains and snowfall resulting in sudden drop of temperature, people had to go back to winter attire as woolen clothes and Bukhari took the centre-stage once again.
