Srinagar- Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness a fresh snow- spell as the weatherman has forecasted heavy snowfall on higher reaches and moderate on plains from February 17 to 20th.
In the meantime, the government has also started readying arrangements to avert disruption of utilities due to snow.
Director Meteorological department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad said that there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy snowfall over middle and higher reaches of Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Budgam and South Kashmir districts from February 19-20.
In Kashmir, Ahmad said on Feb 17, weather conditions are expected to remain partly to generally cloudy with possibility of light snow at isolated higher reaches towards late night.
On Feb 18, he said there is a possibility of light to moderate rain and snow at most places with heavy snowfall over isolated higher reaches of North, Northwestern, Central and South Kashmir.
