Srinagar, Jan. 30 -- The 40-day harshest winter period, Chila-i-Kalan, has ended in the Valley without any major wet spell, the Chila-i-Khurd, a 20-day milder winter period, has commenced one a dry not with the weatherman predicting no major activity in the next few days, but also stated that light snowfall and rains are expected in the higher reaches intermittently till February 05.

According to the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the chilly weather conditions usually being witnessed in the harshest winter period, could not be witnessed amidst the prolonged dry spell in this Chila-i-Kalan as the day temperatures settled to above normal for the majority of the days.

In the last 29 days of the harshest winter period, Jammu and K...