Srinagar, Jan. 29 -- Kashmir's hill resorts continued to reel under intense cold conditions, with Sonamarg in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district emerging as the coldest place in the Valley after recording a bone-chilling minimum temperature of minus 11.8 degrees Celsius, officials said on Thursday.
J&K's meteorological centre in Srinagar said the famous ski resort of Gulmarg, in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, was close behind, registering a low of minus 9.0 degrees Celsius, while Pahalgam in south Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.5 degrees Celsius.
In Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the mercury dipped to minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, which was 0.3 degrees above normal.
Qazigund, the gateway town of...