Updated On: 04 December, 2024 12:00 PM IST | Srinagar | IANS
The 40-day-long period of harsh winter cold in Jammu and Kashmir, known locally as the ‘Chillai Kalan’, starts each year on December 21 and ends on January 30

A `shikara` is seen parked in the middle of the Dal Lake on a foggy winter afternoon, in Srinagar (Pic: PTI)
Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir Valley as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Wednesday.
Director of the local Meteorological (MeT) Department, Mukhtar Ahmad told IANS, “Minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Srinagar city today increasing the cold wave. Dry weather is expected in J&K till the evening of December 8.”