With heavy snowfall in Kashmir snapping road and air links,normal life has come to a standstill in the valley. Many areas in thehinterland remain cut off even three days after it stopped snowing.
Record snowfall over the past week forced an Amazon delivery person in Srinagar to travel onhorseback to deliver packages as roads were snowed under.
The unique delivery came to light after photojournalist UmarGanie tweeted the video.
Many tagged Amazon CEO Jezz Bezos and wondered if thecompany was inspired by popular Turkish series Ertu?rul.
"An #Amazon delivery boy from #kashmir delivers theparcels to the customers using a #horse as a medium of transport as roadsremain blocked due to #snowfall in #kashmir ! @JeffBezos @amazon."
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Apart from online deliveries, heavy snowfall preventedambulances from reaching patients,forcing locals to carry the dead and ailing on their shoulders for many miles.
Amid this scenario, Jammu and Kashmir’s lieutenant governorManoj Sinha on Sunday declared heavy snowfall in the Kashmir valley a naturalcalamity.
The declaration of heavy snowfall as a natural calamity willenable the administration to process claims for ex-gratia payments under theSDRF, bringing relief to the residents of snow-bound areas, reports? HT.
J&K had experienced four days of heavy snowfall sinceSunday, disrupting surface and air traffic and throwing life out of gear in theregion.
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The minimum temperatures plunged during the night again withthe ski resort of Gulmarg in North Kashmir recording a low of minus 10°C.
The mercury in summer capital Srinagar plunged to minus 4degrees Celsius against minus 0.4 degrees Celsius on the previous night.
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The valley is in the middle of a 40-day intense winter period called ‘Chillai Kalan’ which started on December 21 with sub-zero night temperatures across the region.The chances of snowfall are the most frequent and maximum during this period and most areas, especially in the higher reaches, receive heavy snowfall. Te temperature drops considerably leading to the freezing of water bodies including the famous Dal Lake.