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Heavy rain, snowfall in Kashmir, IMD issues alert for next two days

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Jammu and Kashmir has been receiving heavy rain since Friday night, while snowfall also started in the upper reaches of valley. The weather department has issued a high alert for Saturday and Sunday just as the Union Territory is set to welcome Union Home Minister Amit Shah on his three-day visit.

Due to the adverse weather conditions, a number of highways have been closed in the valley on Saturday. The Ladakh-Srinagar highway was closed due to snowfall, while the Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed due to landslides triggered by heavy rains.

Parts of central and south Kashmir continues to receive moderate to heavy rainfall. Meanwhile, some places in upper reaches of the valley have recorded more than one ft of snowfall. Light snowfall was witnessed in Shopian town while Pahalgam recorded its first snow of the season.