Shimla, Mar 14
The Higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh have experienced fresh snowfall and widespread downpour thus increasing the coldwave in night hours.
Report arriving stated that Hatu, Khadrala, Chanshal pass and Dodrakawar in Shimla, many places in Lahaul Spiti, Kinnaur, Kullu, Kangra and Chamba were wrapped in a thick blanket of snow.
The State capital Shimla remained misty and mainly sunny on Wednesday as the Met office has predicted partly cloudy weather for today and forecast of light rain and snowfall in the high reaches.
According to state disaster management authority on March 13, 2024, as many as 280 roads and five national highways were closed due to snowfall in Himachal Pradesh. Of these, 255 roads are closed in Lahaul-Spiti. Of these, 139 roads are in Spiti division, 71 in Lahaul, and 45 in Udaipur.
Traffic is not being restored on 10 roads in Kinnaur, six in Kullu, five in Pangi of Chamba, two in Mandi, and one in Shimla. Similarly 280 power transmission line were also down in the state due to inclement weather.
During recent rain, avalanche, rolling down of boulders and shooting stones in the inclement weather, a total of eight people have lost life and two went missing due to landslides caused by heavy rains in various parts of Himachal Pradesh. The situation was not conducive to allow traffic in almost 530 roads and three National highways.
People are likely to get respite from coldwave conditions as forecast of mainly dry weather conditions was done for the next three days. Minimum temperature of Shimla was recorded around five degrees Celsius.
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