Srinagar, Jan. 9 -- Most parts of south and central Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Saturday even as the weatherman had forecast dry weather.

The fresh snowfall started on early weekend morning, mainly in central Kashmir's Srinagar and Ganderbal districts besides parts of south Kashmir.

A meteorological department official said that Srinagar received 5.4cm of fresh snowfall till 8:30 am. A similar snow depth was reported from Ganderbal district.

The official said Qazigund, the gate town of Kashmir, received 9.6cm of fresh snowfall during the time. The famous tourist destinations of Pahalgam and Gulmarg along with Kokernag and Kupwara stations recorded no snowfall during the time, the official added. However, when this report was fil...