Srinagar, March 23 -- While widespread overnight rains were recorded across Jammu and Kashmir, the upper reaches received snowfall on Friday, the India Meteorological Department said. The weather improved in the afternoon.

Officials said that traffic was plying on Jammu-Srinagar national highway but the condition of road had become poor between Nashri and Banihal.

"The Srinagar-Sonamarg- Gumri(SSG) road is closed (after rains made the road slippery), " the traffic police said in an update on micro-blogging platform X.

A MeT update said that highest rainfall of 18.4mm and snowfall of 1.5cm was recorded in the ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir.

The southern Pahalgam received 16mm rains. "The summer capital Srinagar recorded 9.7mm r...