Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

Shimla wears white mantle, again

Vehicular movement on 75 lateral roads in district affected; MET predicts more snow

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The minimum temperatur­e in Kufri was minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, Dalhousie minus 1.7 degrees celsius and it was minus 1.6 degrees Celsius in Manali, he added

POWER OUTAGES

Owing to fresh spell of snow, electricit­y supply in some regions, including Kinnaur and Manali, was affected with areas reeling under intermitte­nt power outages, said Kinnaur deputy commission­er Arvinder Kumar.

The Meteorolog­ical department office has predicted more snow during next 24 hours .Hoteliers cheered in the hope that more tourists will come in large numbers in the coming days.

The lower regions of the state experience­d widespread rains with Seobagh and Bhunter in Kullu recording 23 mm and15 mm of snow, respective­ly. Dharamshal­a recorded 6 mm of rainfall while Sundernaga­r experience­d 10 mm of rain during the last 24 hours. Tourists in Shimla, known for the imperial grandeur of its buildings that were once institutio­ns of power when the town served as the summer capital of British India, were seen making merry by hurling snowballs at one another.

 ??  ?? A view of a snow-covered road at Patnitop on the Jammu-srinagar national highway on Sunday; (below) tourists playing with snow on The Ridge in Shimla.
A view of a snow-covered road at Patnitop on the Jammu-srinagar national highway on Sunday; (below) tourists playing with snow on The Ridge in Shimla.

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