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Kashmir parts receive rains, Razdan .top experiences fresh snowfall

Kashmir parts receive rains, Razdan .top experiences fresh snowfall

Srinagar, June 19 (UNI) Widespread rains lashed parts of Kashmir while Razdan top in Bandipora received a fresh light snowfall bringing down the temperature in the valley on Wednesday, officials said.
Razdan top mountain pass connecting Gurez valley in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district received a fresh light snowfall today much to the delight of the people of the area.
“This phenomenon is not unusual, it is a normal procedure of the weather”,Director Meteorological Centre Srinagar Mukhtar Ahmad told UNI.

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