Srinagar, Jan. 5 -- Cold wave conditions in Kashmir intensified as the minimum temperature across the valley dipped by a couple of degrees, India Meteorological Department (MeT) officials said on Sunday.

The MeT update said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of -3.2degC on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday while the day temperature was 9.6degC. The lowest temperature was recorded in the ski resort of Gulmarg during the night at -6.5degC, while the day temperature settled at 1.0degC.

Jammu and Kashmir, mostly Kashmir valley, has witnessed prolonged dry weather conditions mostly for the past three months causing the rivers to dry up and prompting dozens of incidents of forest fires, weather and forest experts said.

However, in a...