Pleasant weather in Himachal increases tourist arrivals

Shimla, May 5: All the tourist resorts in Himachal Pradesh witnessed an increase in footfall on Thursday after rainshowers and partly cloudy weather brought respite from heatwave. The tourists are thronging toward Shimla,

Manali and Dalhousie in the peak summer season. The maximum temperature of Shimla and Manali was 24 degrees, which was normal and Kalpa and Dalhousie were 21. Keylong (Lahaul Spiti) recorded 17.5 degrees. The abode of Tibetan Spiritual leader Dharmshla, Solan and Nahan (Sirmaur) were 30, Una was 37.5, Bilaspur 36 Hamirpur 34.7, Kangra and Mandi 33. Light summer shower lashed few places as Dharmshala had 15 mm rain, Una 14.2 mm and Daalhousie 13and Naina Devi (Bilaspur) 8.4 mm. It was partly cloudy in many places and light clouds plummeted to the night temperature. The Met Office forecast that during the first and second week the weather would be mainly normal and heatwave would confine to lower hills but Mercury would also remain normal. UNI