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Snowfall in Himachal Pradesh: After a long wait the mountains were finally covered with white sheets. The valleys of Himachal Pradesh are covered with snow. Heavy snowfall in Manali, Kullu, Rohtang and many other areas has increased the crisis but the crowd of tourists has increased. Due to the snowfall yesterday, vehicular movement had to be temporarily stopped on the Manali-Keylang road. About 1000 vehicles got stuck on the Atal Tunnel road. However, the system has started rescue operations.
3 national highways closed in Himachal
174 state and 3 national highways (NH 03, NH 305, NH 505) have been closed in the last 24 hours due to snowfall in Himachal Pradesh. Electricity and water connections have also been cut in some district divisional areas. Whereas electricity is switched off at 683 places in 6 districts. Public services are restricted due to bad weather and snowfall. The Disaster Information Department has released the district wise report. Advisory has also been issued for tourists.
A situation like Himachal Pradesh has now started developing in Uttarakhand also. Snowfall occurred in many high altitude areas of the state. However, compared to Himachal, snowfall is less here. However, high altitude areas like Auli, Uttarkashi, Chakrata, Badrinath, Kedarnath are covered with white blanket. This is the second snowfall of the season in Kedarnath Dham. The reconstruction work going on there has also been affected by the snowfall. There is continuous snowfall in Kedarnath Dham since yesterday. There has been more than one feet snowfall in the Dham so far. The Meteorological Department has issued an alert that the cold may increase on Christmas and New Year.
Auli, the famous tourist destination and ski resort of Uttarakhand, has once again been hit by heavy snowfall. In the pictures of the valleys of Auli, it can be seen how trees, plants, buildings, roads all appear covered in snow. After which the view of Auli looks very beautiful. For which tourists and local hoteliers were waiting for a long time. It is now available here.
Auli valley looks white all around under a huge blanket of half a foot snow. Tomorrow is Christmas and due to the weekend, a large number of tourists are coming to Auli, Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, this snowfall is no less than a gift for them because the valley of Auli is now covered with snow.
The weather has changed a lot in Jammu and Kashmir also. Snowfall is also occurring in high altitude areas. There was snowfall in Pir Panjal and Sonamarg yesterday. Many other areas are also on alert from the Meteorological Department. At present the temperature of Kashmir is continuously falling.
Now minus 3.6 degree temperature was recorded in Srinagar on Sunday night. Due to decreasing mercury, the famous Dal Lake has started freezing. The temperature in Pahalgam remained at minus 5 degrees. According to the Meteorological Department, the temperature is expected to drop by Wednesday.