Kashmir Valley gets respite from biting cold conditions

The minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, settled at 4.1 degrees Celsius last night, up from 3.1 degrees Celsius the previous night, an official of the MET department said.

The gateway town of Qazigund in south Kashmir also registered an upward movement of the mercury as night temperature settled at 2.6 degrees Celsius, up from 0.8 degree Celsius yesterday, he said.

The night temperature in Kokernag increased slightly to settle at a low of 1.1 degrees Celsius, as against the previous night