Wednesday 13th May, 2026
Life affected due to slippery road conditions, Srinagar freezes at minus 5.7 degree
Srinagar, Feb 9: (UNI) Life remained affected for the second day on Saturday due to slippery road conditions following considerable drop in the minimum temperature in summer capital, Srinagar, where snow remained frozen on roof tops, open field and interior lanes badly disrupting traffic and pedestrian movement.
However, as the day progressed frozen surface of roads and snow started melting after sun came out though icy cold winds also continued.
A Met department spokesman said this afternoon that sky would be partly to generally cloudy during the next 24 hours and the maximum and minimum temperatures would be 9 degree and minus 4 degree respectively.
People woke up to a chilly morning in the summer capital, Srinagar, where majority water bodies, including world famous Dal Lake, were again frozen this morning after considerable drop in the minimum temperature due to clear sky. As the sun came out, frozen parts of the Lake started melting. Against minus 1 degree, the minimum temperature in the city was minus 5.7 degree, 5.3 notches below normal due to which roads became very slippery affecting normal life. Snow on interior roads remained frozen as authorities failed to clear the snow. Snow on roof tops and open field also remained frozen.
Several persons were injured after they fell due to slippery road condition in the city. Driver were driving their vehicles in a very slow speed to avoid applying breaks as the road remained slippery.
However, business and other activities remained paralysed due to strike called by separatists on the 6th death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged in Delhi’s Tihar jail on this day in 2013.