Tourist resort Kufri Narkanda & Shimla have light Snowfall:IMD
The Tourist resort Kufri Narkanda, Fagu, Narkanda and Shimla received fresh spell of light to moderate snowfall and downstream lashed with sleet and intermittent rain increasing biting cold wave in the state in last 24 hrs however with mainly dry and sunny weather on Thursday people took respite from the coldwave condition unabated in the state from past one week, the Indian Meterogical Department official said.
Tourist resort Kufri had three cm of snow, this capital town 1.6 cm and Kalpa had one cm.
Snowfall affected hundreds of road , number of water, power supply and communication services as frequent spell of Snowfall along with several coldwave and freezing temperature hampering restoration work in the state.
State Disaster management authority said that as many as 362 link road, one state highway, 229 power supply and 176 water supply schemes still disrupted by recent Snowfall
Naina-Devi shrine in Bilaspur had 22.4 mm rain, Sarkaghat(Mandi)nine mm Shimla airport 6.6 mm.
Vehicular traffic was affected due to dense fog in Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Sundernagar town as visibility was less than 50 meter, moderate fog engulfed also Una during wee hours in the state.
Minimum temperature of Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti was minus 15.3 degrees and dip by five degrees in last 24 hrs.
Kalpa was minus 7.2 degrees,Kufri minus 3.6 degrees, Manali minus 2.5 degrees, Dalhousie minus one degrees, Shimla and Solan zero degrees, Palampur 0.5 degrees, Sundernagar) 1.3 degrees, Chamba 1.8 degrees, Dharmshala 2.2 degrees, Kangra 2.8 degrees, Mandi 4.8 degrees, Una, Hamirpur and Bilaspur five degrees, each degrees, Nahan seven degrees respectively.
The Met forecast mainly dry weather however moderate to dense fog at isolated pocket in next 24 hrs.