A Kashmiri Indian man paddles his boat on the half frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar on January 8, 2016.
A cold wave further tightened its grip in Jammu and Kashmir with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. / AFP PHOTO / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
A cold wave further tightened its grip in Jammu and Kashmir with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures.
Due to the snowfall, the Kashmir region remained cut off from the rest of the country for the third consecutive day Sunday.
Indian occupied Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country for the second day after heavy snowfall closing the 294km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country.
A Kashmiri boatman uses his oar to break the ice layer of the frozen Dal Lake after a heavy snowfall in Srinagar. ─AFP
A police man tries to direct traffic after vehicles got stranded due to heavy snow fall on the Jammu-Srinagar highway at Patnitop in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir state. ─AP
A man pulls a tourist on a sledge through snow at Patnitop in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir state.─AP
People walk through a snow-covered pathway at Patnitop in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir state.─AP
Passengers walk past vehicles stranded due to heavy snow fall on the Jammu-Srinagar highway at Patnitop. ─AP