During this time of Chillai Kalan, the Gurez-Bandipora road and Dawar-Tulail road were closed after a thick blanket of snow covered the road, disrupting the traffic movement in the area.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that rain and snowfall were expected in Jammu and Kashmir in the coming five days due to two western disturbance. Bandipora was turned into a white wonderland as the region received a fresh spell of snowfall on Sunday.
Gurez Valley, in north Kashmir's Bandipora district, received fresh snowfall on Sunday morning, with the Srinagar weather department predicting heavy to very heavy snow over the higher reaches of the Kashmir division over the next three days, starting today.