Hindustan Tibet National Highway close after Snowfall, 200 roads are snow affected

 Normal life is out of gear in the Shimla district due to intermittent rain and snowfall on the high reaches including Hindustan Tibet National Highway many roads closed after mounting of snow and roads became slippery.
District Spokesperson said that most of places are raing intermittently since early morning and high reaches received Snowfall which is continue .
Tourist resort Narkanda had ten cm Snowfall (3/4 inch) and vehicular traffic was diverted  via Basantpur and Sunni on Hindustan Tibet National Highway.

Light Snowfall also recorded in tourist resort Kufri and it was also inceasently. 
In Jakhri area of Shimla it is raining and light snowfall occurred in the high altitude areas. However traffic was going on smoothly.
 Under Rohru Subdivision of district Snowfall continue at Sungri as  approximately three cm snow mounted on the road and become very slippery for plying of all type of vehicle.  Snowfall continue at Charike Khirki, Chaambi under Nerwa and Chopal region of district, ias approximately seven cm snow mounted on the road and became very slippery for plying vehicles.
Report arriving here till this afternoon said that 200 hundreds roads including four National Highway and one state highway became snowbound in the state including NH-5, NH- 305 (Jalori pass) NH- 03 (Rohtang Pass and  Darcha to Sarchu)NH-505 ( Gramphu to Lossar)
In sub division Lahaul 86 link road are snow affected, 48 in  Udaipur if Lahaul Spiti district 43 in Subdivision Pangi,ten in Chamba seven Tissa and one each in Nirmand of Kullu and Theog of Shimla district.
51 distribution Power Transformer Regions are down in the state including 30 in Manali and 21 in Pangi subdivision of Chamba. Seven water supply schemes are affected by heavy snowfall or freezing of pipe line in Lahaul-Spiti district including five in Lahaul and two in Udaipur regions.
Visibility is reduced in the day and People are confined indoor and at fire place to brave the cold wave. There were few people in the market and outside their homes as inclement weather intensified the coldwave in the state.
District Administration have asked the public works department and Shimla Mincipal Corporation to be ready to clear snow from the roads as forecast of heavy snowfall was made in the state during next 24hrs.