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A flimsy layer of ice framed on the outer layer of the Dal Lake here and other water bodies in Kashmir as chilly wave-like circumstances grasped the locale, authorities said on Saturday. The base temperature in a few pieces of the valley dipped under the less 4 degrees Celsius-mark on Friday night.

Kashmir is presently under the grasp of "Chilla-I-Kalan", a 40-day cruel winter period, when a virus wave clears the locale and temperatures decrease significantly prompting the freezing of water bodies as well as water in pipes.

The possibilities of snowfall are the most elevated during this period and most regions, especially the higher ranges, get weighty snowfall.

Srinagar city recorded a base temperature of short 5.4 degrees Celsius on Friday night, down from less 3 degrees Celsius recorded on the earlier evening, the authorities said.

They said Qazigund recorded a low of short 4.6 degrees Celsius, while in the ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir it was 4.5 degrees Celsius on Friday night, a score down from the base temperature recorded the earlier evening.

Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag locale, which fills in as one of the headquarters for the yearly Amarnath Yatra, recorded a base temperature of less 6.3 degrees Celsius, down from the earlier night's less 4.5 degrees Celsius, they said.

The base temperature in Kokernag town settled at short 2.9 degrees Celsius and in Kupwara at less 5.4 degrees Celsius.

Individuals who live in houseboats at the Dal Lake made some extreme memories breaking the layer of ice over the water body to arrive at its banks. Water in pipes additionally freezed in a few pieces of the Kashmir valley.

Kashmir has been going through a delayed drought and a 79 percent shortage in precipitation was recorded for December.

There has been no snowfall in most plain areas of Kashmir, while the upper scopes of the valley have gotten lesser than common measure of snow. The meteorological division has gauge chiefly dry weather conditions till January 12.

'Chilla-I-Kalan' will end on January 31. Nonetheless, the virus conditions will go on after that with a 20-day 'Chilla-I-Khurd' (little cold) and a 10-day 'Chilla-I-Bachha' (child cold).