The district magistrate Srinagar has issued an advisory to dissuade people from walking, playing or moving on the frozen Dal Lake, as it is unsafe.

The District Administration has deployed SDRF personnel in the Dal Lake, which has frozen due to record low minimum temperature in Kashmir, to prevent people specially children from walking on the frozen surface of the water body.

The temperatures is freezing in many water bodies in the valley, including the world famous Dal Lake have frozen. Thickness of ice is less than four inches, it is very unsafe to walk, or play and the ice can break resulting in drowning.

It has been observed that some people, particularly youth and children attempt to walk on the frozen water bodies,Said Police officials.


The valley & Srinagar recorded a low of minus 8.4 degrees Celsius, which is the lowest since 1991 when the mercury plunged to minus 11.4 degrees.