Ladakh Snowfall

A patient with critical head injuries was on Monday airlifted in an Indian Air Force aircraft to Leh from a village in the Zanskar region of south Ladakh after continuous snowfall cut off ground access, it said.

The weather advisory has forecast overcast conditions with snowfall in Kargil, Zanskar, and various areas of Leh.

Police rescued hundreds of stranded passengers, including women, and children from the treacherous Changla Axis, officials said.

The Indian Air Force on Monday airlifted a total of 123 passengers stranded at various places in Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh owing to the closure of 434-km Srinagar-Leh National Highway owing to heavy snowfall, an official said.

Srinagar-Leh highway passing through the Zoji-La pass was on Thursday closed for civilian vehicular movement till further orders, due to continuous spell of snowfall and extreme weather, informed Ladakh Administration.

Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that under the influence of an active western disturbance approaching north-west India, there could be rainfall or snowfall at most places over the western Himalayan region.

Parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh received fresh snowfall today while the plains of the valley received heavy rainfall, leading to an early onset of winter-like conditions, officials said.

The 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway, considered as the lifeline of the Union Territory of Ladakh, was reopened today to ferry essential commodities after remaining closed for over four months owing to heavy snowfall along the Zojila Pass.

Four policemen, who were caught in a snowstorm on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Kargil district of Ladakh, were rescued by the Army, officials said on Tuesday.

Cold wave intensified in Ladakh while parts of Jammu and Kashmir, including the famous hill resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam reeled under sub-zero temperatures after the recent snowfall, the weather office said on Saturday.

Leh in Ladakh shivered at minus 6.3 degrees Celsius, while temperature in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir showed a rise after falling several degrees below season's average, weather officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir's Drass town in Ladakh was coldest in the state on Sunday with a minimum temperature of minus 28.7 degrees Celsius, the weather office said.

Kargil, in the cold desert of the Ladakh region, shivered at -20 degrees Celsius, making it one of the coldest places in northern India, as dense fog in Delhi delayed nearly 200 flights and forced cancellation of another 11.

The night temperature at most places in Kashmir division, including Ladakh, dipped last night, even as the region is bracing up for possible heavy snowfall from tomorrow.

A day after clocking the lowest minimum temperature in a decade, mercury across Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, rose by several degrees due to overcast conditions.

A patient with critical head injuries was on Monday airlifted in an Indian Air Force aircraft to Leh from a village in the Zanskar region of south Ladakh after continuous snowfall cut off ground access, it said.

The weather advisory has forecast overcast conditions with snowfall in Kargil, Zanskar, and various areas of Leh.

Police rescued hundreds of stranded passengers, including women, and children from the treacherous Changla Axis, officials said.

The Indian Air Force on Monday airlifted a total of 123 passengers stranded at various places in Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh owing to the closure of 434-km Srinagar-Leh National Highway owing to heavy snowfall, an official said.

Srinagar-Leh highway passing through the Zoji-La pass was on Thursday closed for civilian vehicular movement till further orders, due to continuous spell of snowfall and extreme weather, informed Ladakh Administration.

Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that under the influence of an active western disturbance approaching north-west India, there could be rainfall or snowfall at most places over the western Himalayan region.

Parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh received fresh snowfall today while the plains of the valley received heavy rainfall, leading to an early onset of winter-like conditions, officials said.

The 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway, considered as the lifeline of the Union Territory of Ladakh, was reopened today to ferry essential commodities after remaining closed for over four months owing to heavy snowfall along the Zojila Pass.

Four policemen, who were caught in a snowstorm on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Kargil district of Ladakh, were rescued by the Army, officials said on Tuesday.

Cold wave intensified in Ladakh while parts of Jammu and Kashmir, including the famous hill resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam reeled under sub-zero temperatures after the recent snowfall, the weather office said on Saturday.

Leh in Ladakh shivered at minus 6.3 degrees Celsius, while temperature in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir showed a rise after falling several degrees below season's average, weather officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir's Drass town in Ladakh was coldest in the state on Sunday with a minimum temperature of minus 28.7 degrees Celsius, the weather office said.

Kargil, in the cold desert of the Ladakh region, shivered at -20 degrees Celsius, making it one of the coldest places in northern India, as dense fog in Delhi delayed nearly 200 flights and forced cancellation of another 11.

The night temperature at most places in Kashmir division, including Ladakh, dipped last night, even as the region is bracing up for possible heavy snowfall from tomorrow.

A day after clocking the lowest minimum temperature in a decade, mercury across Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, rose by several degrees due to overcast conditions.