Narkanda, Shimla & Kufri receives light snow, Upper reaches wraps in a white blanket
High Reaches of Lahaul Spiti of Himachal Pradesh wrapped in thick blanket of Snowfall moreover, Touris resort Kufri, Narkanda and Shimla received light to moderate spell of fresh on Tuesday disrupting around two hundred roads, power and water supply schemes .
Sky remained mainly overcast along with intermittent rain in most places in the state, Met Official said
Hansa in Lahaul-Spiti had eight centimetre snowfall Gondla six cm, Keylong five cm and Kothi two cm.
High reaches including Rohtang pass, Kunzum pass, Lady of Keylong Baralacha Saptarshi hills and Goshal, Shikari Devi of Mandi, Sachpass in Chamba, Pangi Bharmour and Manimahesh, Dhauldhar ranges of Kangra, Jalorijot of Kullu, Kinner and Shrikhand kailash of Kinnuar and Khadrala, Ratandi , Chanshal pass of Shimla, Haripur dhar of Sirmaur took thick blanket of Snowfall light.
Bharmaur in Chamba had 10 mm rain, Saloni-eight mm Tourist resort Dalhousie in Chamba and Dharmshala in Kangra had six mm rain, Chamba five mm, Chhatrari, Mehre and Baijnath in Kangra three mm each, Manali and Palampur two mm, Kangra 1.6 mm and Una one mm.
District Administration Lahaul Spiti issued advisory cautioning the people not to climb high altitude places in wke of warning of heavy snowfall in the district.
“Indian Meteorological Department weather forecast , snowfall has been predicted in the district for the upcoming few days . “
“The general public is hereby advised to avoid unnecessary travel in high altitude , low temperature areas and stay at safe places in their homes to avoid any kind of risk .”
All Gram Panchayat Pradhan , NGOs , Trekkers and Pedestrians are requested to spread this massage to maximum people to avoid any unpleasant incidents .
“Keepingg this information in mind , be very alert in your respective areas and make sure of the weather or road conditions before making any urgent travel . “
Admin also warno the Tourist that following sungnificant snowfall in the high reaches of Kullu and the condition of the road on today, no tourist vehicles are being allowed from Dhundi to Atal Tunnel in Kullu district and Only 4×4 vehicles to be allowed in emergency cases.
Minimum temperature of Keylong was minus 5.7 degrees and four degrees above normal Kalpa in Kinnuar and Dalhousie was 1.7 degrees each. Dharmshala in Kangra 4 2 degrees, Solan 4.9 degrees, Kufri four degrees, Manali five degrees, Bilaspur six degrees, Mandi and Shimla 7 degrees each, Hamirpur 7.2 degrees,Sundernagar in Mandi was 7.6 each degrees, Palampur eight degrees, Bhuntar in Kullu 8.4 degrees Chamba 8.7 degrees and Una8.8 degrees
Ponta Sahib and Nahan in Sirmaur ten degrees each, Bhuntar in Kullu 5.4 degrees,
JubbarHatti 9.4 degrees and Kangra 10.7 degree
Met Department forecast rain or snow in few places of Himachal Pradesh today and most places in mid and high reaches in next 24 hrs.
Warning of thunder storm and lightening along with rain shower in issue in foothills and heavy rain and snow in mid and high reaches at isolated places in the state during next 24hrs.
Another Western Disturbances are becoming active on Jan 7 onwards would likely to bring much rain and snowfall in the second week of this month in the state.
