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CHILAI-KALAN

  • The traditional 40-day period of harshest winter  in Kashmir known in the local parlance as ‘Chillai-  Kalan’ began on 21 December 2019, with the  upper reaches of valley receiving snowfall.
  • Chillai-Kalan period which is known for sub-zero  temperatures, frozen lakes and river, will end on 31  January 2020.

ABOUT ‘CHILLAI-KALAN’

  • Even after Chillai-Kalan ends, the cold wave,  however, continues even after that.Therefore  Chillai-Kalan is followed by a 20-day-long period  called ‘Chillai-Khurd’ (small cold) that occurs
  • between January 31 and February 19 and a 10-day-  long period ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold) which is  from February 20 to March 2.

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DAL LAKE, J&K TO BE DECLARED ECO-  SENSITIVE ZONE

  • The Jammu and Kashmir Government will set up a  10-member committee that will declare Dal Lake,  an Eco-sensitive Zone.The decision is being taken  based on the study conducted by the DCI-  Dredging Corporation of India
  • The Encroachments and pollution has shrunk the lake  from its original size of 22 square kilometers to about  10 square kilo meters (according to DCI-Dredging  Corporation of India).
  • The capacity of the lake has shrunk to 40%
  • The water quality has deteriorated due to untreated  sewage water and solid waste flowing into the lake

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DRASS

  • It is the second coldest inhabited place in  the world after Siberia and coldest place  in India with lowest temperature -60°C on  January 09, 1990.

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