New Delhi:

Visuals of a snow-less Gulmarg, the favored winter sports activities vacation spot in Jammu and Kashmir, have gone viral this season.

Now Nationwide Convention chief Omar Abdullah has posted about it, saying he has “by no means seen Gulmarg so dry in winters”. Within the submit on his official X account, the previous Jammu and Kashmir chief minister shared two photos from earlier years, taken on the identical day.

If it did not snow quickly, Mr Abdullah remarked, the summer season was going to be “depressing”.

“I’ve by no means seen Gulmarg so dry within the winter. To place this in to perspective listed below are a few images from earlier years, each taken on the sixth of Jan. If we do not get snow quickly the summer season goes to be depressing. To not point out skiers like me who cannot wait to get on the slopes however there’s nothing to ski on”, he wrote.

I’ve by no means seen Gulmarg so dry within the winter. To place this in to perspective listed below are a few images from earlier years, each taken on the sixth of Jan. If we do not get snow quickly the summer season goes to be depressing. To not point out skiers like me who cannot wait to get on… https://t.co/6Bj2umfGJqpic.twitter.com/gkhMZ49XSf

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) January 9, 2024

Gulmarg, recognized for its snow-covered slopes, is an enormous draw for vacationers and skiers from throughout the nation. It obtained barely any snow this season, elevating considerations over the impact of worldwide warming on India’s winters.

On January 8, information company ANI posted a video on X by which the city seems barren and dry with solely sparse patches of snow seen on the bottom.

Not solely Gulmarg, however Kashmir’s Pahalgam together with hill states Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand additionally obtained below-average snowfall.