Snapshot: Dal lake freezes as temperature dips in Srinagar

The intense cold continued across Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar saw a minimum temperature of 4.1 degrees Celsius below the freezing point forcing the Dal lake in the city to freeze. Temperature in Gulmarg was recorded at minus 3.4 and minus 7 degrees was recorded in Pahalgam in the state.

Leh town in the Ladakh region recorded a minimum of minus 15.4 degrees Celsius, while Jammu saw a low of 4.3.

In Srinagar, frost made roads slippery, preventing motorists and two-wheel riders from venturing out, while surfaces of the city's famed lakes froze, causing hardship to fishermen and boatmen.