Bountiful rains, snow recharge J&K water bodies; mountain passes get heavy snow 

Srinagar: Intermittent rainfall and snow continued to lash Kashmir for the fourth straight day on Saturday. The ongoing wet spell has recharged the water bodies to a large extent with the level in river Jhelum increasing to above 6 feet compared to -1.01 last month.

Shopian upper reaches received heavy snowfall, while Pulwama and other districts in South Kashmir witnessed moderate snowfall since this morning.

The other higher reaches, including Gulmarg, a famous ski-resort, and Sonamarg also received snowfall for the fourth running day today. However, Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and other areas, received rainfall throughout the day.

As per the details, Sadhna Top, Razdan top received a snowfall of 3 feet, Zojila top and Sinthan top received 2.5 feet, Peer ki Gali, Sonamarg and Z Gali received 2 feet while Gulmarg and Doodhpatri received 1 feet snowfall each.

The river Jhelum at Sangam station was flowing at above 6 feet, which otherwise was flowing at -1.01 ft last month due to the less rainfall for the three straight months from December to February.

According to the details, the water level at Ram Munshi Bagh was above 5 ft at 6:00 PM while Asham was flowing at 2.40 ft today.

The nallahs were also flowing close to the warning level at multiple places with official data revealing that Vaishow Nallah in Khudwani was flowing at 1591.121m, which was 3m below the warning level.

Similarly, the other streams also recorded the rise in the water level amidst the intermittent moderate rainfall. (KNO)