Srinagar, Oct. 20 -- Jammu and Kashmir government will move to winter capital Jammu in the first week of November as part of the biannual Darbar Move.
"The offices observing five days' week shall close at Srinagar on 30th October, 2026 (Friday) after office hours, and the offices observing six days' week shall close on 31st October, 2026 (Saturday) after office hours," an order issued by the government reads.
All the offices are scheduled to reopen in Jammu on November 2. Under the practice of Darbar Move, the government functions in Jammu during the six winter months and in Srinagar during the summer.
The practice was started by Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1872 to escape extreme weather conditions in the two regions.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.