Srinagar, Jan. 15 -- Several water bodies in Kashmir including parts of Dal Lake froze on Wednesday as sub-zero minimum temperatures across the Valley dropped further.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from the minus 4.9 degrees Celsius recorded the previous night, weather department officials said. Shopian in south Kashmir was the coldest place in the Valley, where the mercury settled at minus 7.5 degrees Celsius.
Parts of several water-bodies, including the interiors of Dal Lake, froze due to severe cold.
Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 6 degrees Celsius, while the night temperature in Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district settled at a low of minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, and in central K...