Photos: Snow blankets Himalayan regions, brings respite to Delhi

Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh woke up to rain and snow on Wednesday, while the plains of Haryana, Punjab and Delhi received light rain on Thursday morning, signalling the onset of winter. Due to heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, icy cold northerly winds from the hills will bring down the minimum temperatures in the plains from November 9.

Updated on: Nov 07, 2019 5:27 PM IST

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A man rows his boat as it snows in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The winds blowing from the Mediterranean Sea and their interaction with Maha Cyclone brought the first snowfall of the season in higher reaches of Kashmir on Wednesday, bringing down the temperature across the Himalayan Valley. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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A horse is seen during the first snowfall of the season in Sonamarg, some 90 kilometers from Srinagar. Two flights were cancelled due to snowfall in Srinagar and others were delayed due to congestion. The tourist spots of Sonamarg and Gulmarg received heavy snowfall, while it also snowed in Srinagar and its adjoining areas on Thursday morning. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway was hit because of the heavy snowfall at the north portal of Jawahar tunnel on the Qazigund side of Kashmir. The Mughal Road in Rajouri was also closed due to snowfall in the Pir Panjal range. (ANI)

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A view of the city-center Lal Chowk during the first snowfall in Srinagar. (ANI)

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Pigeons are seen on a snow covered rooftop in Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh woke up to rain and snow, while the plains of Haryana and Punjab and their capital Chandigarh received light rain, signalling the onset of winter. The rain in the region is expected to bring down pollution levels in North India, caused predominantly due to paddy stubble burning by farmers. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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A view of the Bahai House of Worship popularly known as the Lotus Temple on a day with clear skies, at Kalkaji in New Delhi. Parts of Delhi and Haryana received light rain on Thursday morning even as the national capital’s air quality climbed up to be in the ‘poor’ zone from ‘very poor’. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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A girl walks with an umbrella as it rains rains, at Rajpath, in New Delhi. The wind direction on Wednesday was south-easterly, not carrying pollution from Punjab and Haryana to the northwest where crop stubble burning is underway. There were however more than 4,000 crop stubble fires in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday as per NASA data. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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Kashmiri men pull tourists on a sleigh on a snow-covered road, in Gulmarg. In neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, the Leh-Manali highway was closed due to snowfall at Rohtang Pass. Kangra was the wettest place in Himachal Pradesh with 11mm of rainfall, while Seobagh in Kullu got 8.2 mm of rainfall. The minimum temperature in Shimla dropped to 5.6 degrees Celsius and Manali recorded a day temperature of 3.6 degrees Celsius. (ANI)

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A boatman clears snow from his boat, in Srinagar. According to private weather agency SkymetWeather, due to heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, icy cold northerly winds from the hills will bring down the minimum temperatures in Punjab, Haryana, north Rajasthan and Delhi from November 9. (ANI)