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JAMMU -- Syed Altaf Bukhari, who was on Friday inducted into the Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, was assigned the Education department portfolio in the PDP-BJP coalition government.
The order was issued by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu.
As per the reshuffle of portfolios, Syed Altaf Bukhari was made the new Education Minister.
Naeem Akhtar, who held the Education portfolio, was made the new Public Works Department Minister.
Bukhari was on Friday sworn in as a cabinet minister at a function in the Raj Bhawan by Governor N.N. Vohra. He is the legislator from Amira Kadal constituency in Srinagar.
He was the Roads and Buildings Minister in the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition in 2015.
With Bukhari's re-induction into the cabinet, the total strength of the ministerial council has gone up to 24.
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A Kashmiri woman rows her boat in Dal Lake on a sunny day after witnessing heavy snowfall from the past few days the weather is likely to improve in upcoming days says Meteorological department Kashmir. (Photo by Faisal Khan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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The view is stunning in Dal lake at all times of the day. (Photo by Faisal Khan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Shikara boats are moored the bank of Dal lake next to the snow clad mountains in Dal Lake on February 06, 2017 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Cold weather continued in the Kashmir valley with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures.(Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Shikara boats are moored in the Dal lake next to the snow clad mountains in Dal Lake on February 06, 2017 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. Cold weather continued in the Kashmir valley with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures.(Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Visitors pose with a piece of snow sculpture during the winter carnival held at Gulmarg on February 4, 2017 some 50 km from Srinagar, India. (Photo By Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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A horse pulling a passenger cart in North Kashmir's Baramulla area as snow begins to melt with rising mercury in the Himalayan region. Indian controlled Kashmir 01 02 2017 . (Photo by Umer Asif/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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A Shepherd carries a new born lamb on his shoulders as he moves his herd in North Kashmir's Baramulla area. Indian controlled Kashmir 01 02 2017 . After freezing temperatures, the harshest winter season in the Himalayan region has begun to show signs of receding. (Photo by Umer Asif/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Skiers on the slopes of the famous skiing and tourist destination of Gulmarg on February 1, 2017 some 55 km from Srinagar, India. (Photo by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Shikara boats are moored towards the banks of Dal lake next to the snow covered mountains in Dal lake on February 01, 2017 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. Cold weather continued in the Kashmir valley with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Kashmiri boatmen gossip in their boats next to the snow clad mountains of Dal lake February 01, 2017 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. Cold weather continued in the Kashmir valley with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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A Kashmiri boatman rows his boat next to the snow-capped mountains in Dal Lake on February 01, 2017 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. Cold weather continued in the Kashmir valley with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Kashmiri villagers walk on snow-covered roads after a heavy snowfall in Tangmarg, some 34kms north of Srinagar on January 29, 2017. More than 20 persons, including 15 Indian army soldiers, have died in avalanches since January 25. Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have issued a high danger avalanche warning for the hilly areas of Kashmir. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A Kashmiri man rides a horse cart during a snowfall in Srinagar on January 28, 2017. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A Kashmiri boatman rows his boat during a sunny day after snowfall, on January 27, 2017 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Weather improved in Kashmir on Friday with a full day of sunshine after several days of heavy snowfall led to avalanches at several places leaving 24 people including 20 Indian army soldiers dead and causing damage to several structures in the region. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Sunshine illuminates houseboats moored to the bank of Jehlum river during a sunny day after snowfall, on January 27, 2017 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Weather improved in Kashmir on Friday with a full day of sunshine after several days of heavy snowfall led to avalanches at several places leaving 24 people including 20 Indian army soldiers dead and causing damage to several structures in the region. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Kashmir Muslim youth walking on a road covered with snow. The Valley continue to received snowfall from past couple of days while the weatherman has predicted more snow or rains in the next 48 hours. (Photo by Umer Asif/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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An eagle sits on a tree (top, right) covered with snow during a heavy snowfall on January 25, 2017 In Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. An Indian army officer and four members of a family were killed in avalanches in Kashmir's Ganderbal and Bandipora districts on Wednesday. An avalanche hit an Indian army camp at Sonamarg east of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir this morning. In another avalanche incident, four members of a family died as their house was buried under snow in north Kashmir's Gurez sector near Line of Control in Kashmir, the police official said. Kashmir Valley, including the summer capital Srinagar, experienced fresh snowfall today, prompting the authorities to issue an avalanche warning and leading to closure of the Jammu-Srinagar Highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of India. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Tourists and locals walk in the snow market after seasons first snowfall on January 22, 2017 in Gulmarg, to the west of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, India. Skiers from around the globe have descended on the ski resort of Gulmarg, known for long-run skiing, snow-boarding, heli-skiing and steep mountains. Temperatures after seasons first snowfall in Srinagar dipped as low as minus 6.8 degree Celsius (19.79 Fahrenheit). (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Artists make snow sculptures after seasons first snowfall on January 22, 2017 in Gulmarg, to the west of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, India. Skiers from around the globe have descended on the ski resort of Gulmarg, known for long-run skiing, snow-boarding, heli-skiing and steep mountains. Temperatures after seasons first snowfall in Srinagar dipped as low as minus 6.8 degree Celsius (19.79 Fahrenheit). (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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A photographer takes pictures of a frozen ice formation made naturally from a broken main water pipeline after seasons first snowfall on January 22, 2017 in Gulmarg, to the west of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, India. Skiers from around the globe have descended on the ski resort of Gulmarg, known for long-run skiing, snow-boarding, heli-skiing and steep mountains. Temperatures after seasons first snowfall in Srinagar dipped as low as minus 6.8 degree Celsius (19.79 Fahrenheit). (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Icicles hang from the trees in Tanmarg, about 34 kms north of Srinagar, following a fresh snowfall on January 18, 2017. / AFP / Tauseef MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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Kashmiri men walk during a snowfall in the outskirts of Srinagar on January 17, 2017. Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country after heavy snowfall closing the 294km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country.The icy temperatures have frozen many bodies of water in Kashmir as well as drinking water taps. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A Kashmiri man rests after riding a bicycle during a snowfall in the outskirts of Srinagar on January 17, 2017. Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country after heavy snowfall closing the 294km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country.The icy temperatures have frozen many bodies of water in Kashmir as well as drinking water taps. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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Snow covered boats are seen on Dal Lake during a fresh snowfall in Srinagar on January 17, 2017. Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country after heavy snowfall closing the 294km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country. The icy temperatures have frozen many bodies of water in Kashmir as well as drinking water taps. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A Kashmiri man walks on snow-covered road after heavy snowfall on January 16, 2017 in in Srinagar, India. The fresh snowfall disconnected Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road link connecting the region with outside world. Photo credit Imran Bhat / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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A view of snow-covered park after heavy snowfall on January 16, 2017 in in Srinagar, India. The fresh snowfall disconnected Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road link connecting the region with outside world. Photo credit Imran Bhat / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard on the shores of Dal Lake during fresh snowfall in Srinagar on January 16, 2017. A cold wave has further tightened its grip in Jammu and Kashmir, with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A Kashmiri woman walks along a snow-covered road in Srinagar on January 16, 2017. A cold wave has further tightened its grip in Jammu and Kashmir, with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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Kashmiri children play with snow on a wooden foot bridge in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar on January 16, 2017. A cold wave has further tightened its grip in Jammu and Kashmir, with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A kashmiri man walks after snowfall in Tangmarg area in Indian Controlled Kashmir on Sunday, January 15, 2017. Cold Wave intensified in Kashmir Valley since last three weeks while the weatherman predicts more rains or snow in next 24 hours. (Photo by Umer Asif/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Snow surrounds the field as a player from Real Kashmir Football Club (RKFC) takes part in a practice match at Srinagar football stadium on January 15, 2017. Real Kashmir Football Club appointed David Robertson as the head coach and hired two more foreign players, Lamin Tamba of Senegal and Lago Bei of Ivory Coast. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A man looks at snow covered mountains on a snow-covered hillock near Gund, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Srinagar, on January 14, 2017 in Kashmir, India. Kashmir is presently under the grip of intense cold and Srinagar recorded coldest night of the season with temperature dipping to minus 6.8 degrees Celsius. Photo credit Imran Bhat / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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A shepherd carries a lamb as he walks on a snow-covered mountain ridge, near Gund, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Srinagar, on January 14, 2017 in Kashmir, India. Kashmir is presently under the grip of intense cold and Srinagar recorded coldest night of the season with temperature dipping to minus 6.8 degrees Celsius. Photo credit Imran Bhat / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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Kashmiri villagers carry drinking water containers as they walk along a snow covered path on the outskirts of Srinagar on January 13, 2017. A cold wave further tightened its grip in Jammu and Kashmir with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. The icy temperatures have frozen many bodies of water in Kashmir as well as drinking water taps. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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Train passes through snow-clad mountains at Banihal, some 120 kms from Srinagar, on January 13, 2017 in Srinagar, India. (Photo by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Kashmiri Muslim villagers walk along a snow-covered road on the outskirts of Srinagar on January 13, 2017. A cold wave further tightened its grip in Jammu and Kashmir with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. The icy temperatures have frozen many bodies of water in Kashmir as well as drinking water taps. / AFP / Tauseef MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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Kashmiri Muslim horse riders trying to cross stream in Central Kashmirs Kangan area in Indian Controlled Kashmir. Cold wave has gripped Valley since past two weeks while various places across Kashmir have received heavy snowfall which also led to the closure of National Highways for couple of days. (Photo by Umer Asif/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Icicles formed near the flowing stream on the outskirts of Srinagar the summer capital of Indian controlled Kashmir. Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, as the mercury went further down the freezing point, with most places experiencing the coldest night of the season so far. (Photo by Faisal Khan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Icicles hang from the roof of a residential house on the outskirts of Srinagar the summer capital of Indian controlled Kashmir. Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, as the mercury went further down the freezing point, with most places experiencing the coldest night of the season so far. (Photo by Faisal Khan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Pedestrians seen making their way through heavy snowfall, on January 6, 2017 in Kashmir, India. Heavy snowfall in Kashmir has thrown life out of gear as roadways, air traffic and power supply have been severely hit in the Valley. The accumulation of over two-feet of snow at the Banihal tunnel led to the closure of the key Srinagar-Jammu national highway. The Mugal road, linking south Kashmir with Pirpanjal region, along with the Ladakh highway and other inter-district roads have also been closed due to deep snow drifts. Air services were also affected as no flight either took off or landed at the Srinagar Airport. Large parts of the Valley are reeling under darkness as electricity has taken a hit due to the snowfall. It has been constantly snowing in Kashmir since Thursday morning, which has already broken the season's longest dry spell in the region in 40 years. The dry spell had caused huge water shortage as the water level in the Jhelum had hit a 60 year low. PHOTOGRAPH BY Owais Khursheed Shah / Barcroft Images (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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Boys hurl snow balls to each other, an act of playing in snow locally known as Sheen Jung, on January 6, 2017 in Kashmir, India. Heavy snowfall in Kashmir has thrown life out of gear as roadways, air traffic and power supply have been severely hit in the Valley. The accumulation of over two-feet of snow at the Banihal tunnel led to the closure of the key Srinagar-Jammu national highway. The Mugal road, linking south Kashmir with Pirpanjal region, along with the Ladakh highway and other inter-district roads have also been closed due to deep snow drifts. Air services were also affected as no flight either took off or landed at the Srinagar Airport. Large parts of the Valley are reeling under darkness as electricity has taken a hit due to the snowfall. It has been constantly snowing in Kashmir since Thursday morning, which has already broken the season's longest dry spell in the region in 40 years. The dry spell had caused huge water shortage as the water level in the Jhelum had hit a 60 year low. PHOTOGRAPH BY Owais Khursheed Shah / Barcroft Images (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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A man makes his way through heavy snowfall, on January 6, 2017 in Kashmir, India. Heavy snowfall in Kashmir has thrown life out of gear as roadways, air traffic and power supply have been severely hit in the Valley. The accumulation of over two-feet of snow at the Banihal tunnel led to the closure of the key Srinagar-Jammu national highway. The Mugal road, linking south Kashmir with Pirpanjal region, along with the Ladakh highway and other inter-district roads have also been closed due to deep snow drifts. Air services were also affected as no flight either took off or landed at the Srinagar Airport. Large parts of the Valley are reeling under darkness as electricity has taken a hit due to the snowfall. It has been constantly snowing in Kashmir since Thursday morning, which has already broken the season's longest dry spell in the region in 40 years. The dry spell had caused huge water shortage as the water level in the Jhelum had hit a 60 year low. PHOTOGRAPH BY Owais Khursheed Shah / Barcroft Images (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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JAMMU, INDIA - JANUARY 8: A night view of Patnitop after a heavy snowfall on January 8, 2017 about 100 km from Jammu, India. The Kashmir region remained cut off from the rest of the country for the third consecutive day. (Photo by Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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A Kashmiri Indian man paddles his boat on the half frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar on January 8, 2017. A cold wave further tightened its grip in Jammu and Kashmir with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A Kashmiri man looks at the 150-year-old damaged Onta Kadal bridge (also know as Camel Bridge, because of its camel back shape), as he rows a boat on the frozen Dal Lake after a heavy snowfall in Srinagar on January 7, 2017. Indian-administered Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country for the second day after heavy snowfall closing the 294km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country. / AFP / Tauseef MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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A fisher woman waits for customers over a bridge on river Jhelum amid heavy snowfall on January 06, 2016 in Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir. PHOTOGRAPH BY Imran Bhat / Barcroft Images (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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A vehicle travels along a snow covered road at Gulmarg, some 55kms north of Srinagar on January 3, 2017. Continuing sub-zero temperatures have frozen many water bodies in Kashmir, with household drinking water taps also freezing in some areas. / AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA (credit:TAUSEEF MUSTAFA via Getty Images)
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Vehicles drive past snow covered Gulmarg Tangmarg Road on January 3, 2017 about 38 kilometers from Srinagar, India.(Photo by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)