Cold wave in plains due to snowfall in Himachal-Uttarakhand, mercury reached below zero

Due to snowfall on the high peaks of Himachal and Uttarakhand, the cold has increased in the plains. It is freezing cold in the morning and evening. Snowfall started in Kedarnath, Badrinath and Gangotri-Yamunotri from Tuesday afternoon itself. Areas like Valley of Flowers, Hemkund Sahib, Tungnath, Madmaheshwar, Harsil etc. are also covered with snow. The Meteorological Department has predicted rain in the mountains on Wednesday. The temperature in Kedarnath Dham has reached minus 7.

The temperature increased in Kashmir but the minimum temperature is still below zero. In Srinagar too, Monday morning was the coldest of this season. The minimum temperature was recorded at minus 4.8 degrees Celsius. The weather department has predicted rain. Meanwhile, Meteorological Department Director General Mrityunjay Mahapatra said that except some parts of Central and North India, the maximum and minimum temperatures in December are expected to be above normal in most parts of the country.

At the same time, in Himachal Pradesh there was sunshine with light clouds throughout the day on Tuesday. The weather remained bad in Kullu and Lahaul Valley from late Monday night till 9 am on Tuesday. Along with Rohtang, there has been fresh snowfall in the higher peaks including Baralacha, Seven Sister Peak, Hanuman Tibba.

Amidst the change in weather, tourists also came here and had a lot of fun in the snow. Apart from this, a large number of tourists are also reaching Sissu and North Portal. Tourism in Kullu and Lahaul is expected to gain momentum due to the celebrations of New Year and Christmas. On the other hand, there was light snowfall on Chamba-Bairagarh-Killad via Sach Pass route on Monday morning. The upper peaks of Pangi tribal area, Susar Hills, Hudan Bhutori, Chask Bhutori, Sural Bhutori, Kumar Bhutori, Hilutwan Bhutori have received snowfall of up to 10.16 cm. Due to which the severity of cold in the lower areas has increased much more than before. At the same time, there was light snowfall in the upper peaks of Manimahesh, Kugti, Kawarsi and cold in the lower areas of the tribal area Bharmour. On Tuesday, the maximum temperature was 22.7 in Una, 19.5 in Solan, 19.2 in Sundernagar, 18.4 in Kangra, 18.0 in Dharamshala, 17.5 in Nahan, 16.8 in Mandi, 15.5 in Chamba, 13.4 in Shimla, 12.3 in Manali, 4.2 in Kalpa and Keylong. 1.2 degrees Celsius was recorded.