Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 30: Mount-ainous areas of Doda and Kishtwar districts of Jammu region today experienced unseasonal snowfall triggering further cold wave conditions.
There was snowfall in areas of Kansar, Malani, Katyara, Puneja, Nalthi, Bamlakhi, Thannala, Nagni Mata, Subar, Dhar, Mathala, Sharakhi and Bheja in Bhaderwah belt of mountainous Doda and Kishtwar districts early this morning, officials said.
Mountain-locked Bhaderwah, popularly known as “Chhota Kashmir”, also experienced unseasonal snowfall in the town early this morning, the officials said.
Due to the unseasonal snowfall, horticulture, sericulture and agriculture sectors have been hit as it is the flowering season of fruit-bearing trees and other agricultural and sericultural produce, they said.
The cold wave conditions are also sweeping in the plains of Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Samba and other areas as daily evening rains have become a constant weather feature during the past one week. (PTI)
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