Srinagar: Air traffic at Srinagar Airport resumed on Sunday as normal flight operations took place after the visibility improved, even as a thick layer of fog engulfed Kashmir Valley.
There were normal flight operations at the airport today, Director Airport Authority of India (AAI), Srinagar, Sharad Kumar said.
He said the air traffic resumed at the airport this morning as the visibility, which was hampered by a thick layer of fog yesterday, improved. Though there was fog, the required visibility of 1.3 km was there, so the flights landed at the airport, he said.
The air traffic was hit as all flights were cancelled due to poor visibility caused by dense fog on Saturday.
Many areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir division received fresh snowfall as the night temperature went down by several degrees across the Valley and Ladakh region on Sunday.
Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches of Drass, Kargil and Zanskar areas in Ladakh region and in Gurez and other areas in upper reaches of the Valley last night, an official of the Meteorological Department here said.
The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir received rain during the night.
The night temperature across the Valley and Ladkah region went down by several degrees, the official said. He said Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded the minimum temperature of zero degree Celsius, down by over four notches from the previous night’s 4.3 degrees Celsius.
Pahalgam hill resort in south Kashmir registered the minimum of minus 1.0 degree Celsius – a decrease of nearly five degrees from 3.8 degrees Celsius yesterday. The official said the night temperature in Leh town in Ladakh region went down by over a degree from minus 2.0 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 3.3 degrees Celsius.
Leh was the coldest recorded place in the state.
The temperature in the nearby Kargil town settled at the low of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius.
While a thick layer of fog continued to engulf many areas in the Valley, including the summer capital, the MeT Department has forecast light rain or snow at isolated places over the higher reaches of Kashmir and Ladakh over the next 24 hours