Train service suspended in Valley due to fresh snowfall [Video]

Train services from Banihal town of Jammu division to Baramulla town of the Kashmir Valley were suspended on Thursday due to fresh snowfall on the track, officials said.

Railway officials said that the train service will be resumed once the tracks are cleared of accumulated snow.

It has been snowing in different parts of the Valley since morning. The weather office had said that the weather would start clearing from the late afternoon. There was a partially cloudy sky in Jammu but the sun broke out of the cloud cover in the afternoon.

The weather office has said that till January 19, there is no significant change likely in overall weather conditions, which are expected to remain dry.

Sub-zero temperatures continued in the Valley today although due to nightlong cloud cover, the minimum temperature rose marginally bringing some relief to the people, who have been braving intense cold since December when …