Himachal Pradesh weather updates: Power from 116 transformers and water from 16 supply lines have also been disrupted. Kufri, in the suburbs of Shimla, received trace snowfall but there was no significant change in the minimum and maximum temperatures across the state.
Gulmarg tourist resort in north Kashmir continued to reel under extreme cold as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point at most places in the valley, officials said on Monday. The resort recorded a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive night, MET officials said. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, was the one of the two places to record minimum temperature above freezing point as the minimum settled at 0.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday night, the officials said. Meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh's Shimla city received fresh snowfall on Monday morning even as most places in the state are reeling under severe a cold wave.
While tourist resort Kufri recorded highest snowfall in the state at 55 cm, it was 30 cm in Dalhousie, 21.6 cm in Kalpa, 15 cm in Shimla and 2 cm in Manali.
Himachal Pradesh's Shimla received fresh snowfall on Monday, making it a movie wonderland come to life.
A yellow weather warning for heavy rain and snowfall in the eight districts -- Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti has been issued, Shimla Met Centre Director Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.
Shimla: Snowfall in high altitude areas and mountain passes and rains in mid hills today created wintry conditions in most parts of Himachal Pradesh, bringing down the mercury sharply.The mountain passes of Rohtang, Kunzam, Saach
Shimla: Fresh snowfall and widespread rains lashed higher parts of Himachal Pradesh while at least 150 persons stranded at Rohtang Pass have been rescued by district administration. Dozens of vehicles were stranded on either side
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