Tourists enjoying snowfall in Chamoli
A large number of tourists are arriving from Jammu and Kashmir to Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for New Year celebrations. There is a lot of enthusiasm among tourists due to heavy snowfall in these states but local life has been affected. Jammu and Kashmir government has deployed people and machinery to restore services after heavy snowfall. Amidst the snow falling on the mountains and intermittent drizzle for two days in the plains, the harshness of winter is going to increase in the entire North India including Delhi-NCR on New Year. People in Delhi’s night shelters are currently protecting themselves from the cold by covering themselves in warm clothes.
New Year will be welcomed with harsh winter
According to the Meteorological Department, freezing cold is going to occur across North India in the coming days. If there is a drop in temperature in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, the New Year may be welcomed with severe cold. There is a possibility of dense fog in Himachal Pradesh and northern states also. Its effect is visible after seeing this picture from Ayodhya. With the increasing cold, fog has engulfed the city.
Lahaul Spiti
Heavy snowfall alert again in Kashmir
Here, after heavy snowfall in many parts of Kashmir two days ago, a large number of tourists have started arriving to celebrate New Year. The Meteorological Department has again issued an alert of heavy snowfall in Kashmir on the occasion of New Year. However, the good thing is that the snow already accumulated on the roads has been cleared. Traffic has also been restored on Srinagar Jammu Highway.
Two wheeler slipping on ice
Cold wave continues in Himachal Pradesh after two days of rain and snowfall. The temperature remained below normal in most areas of the state. Tabo in Lahaul Spiti was the coldest, where the night temperature was recorded at -12.3 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, tourists riding on two wheelers on the routes leading to Atal Tunnel and Solang Valley are being sent back. Actually, after the snowfall, black ice has accumulated on the roads due to which the police has stopped two wheelers from moving ahead because two wheelers are continuously slipping here.
Amidst the severe cold, the work of removing snow from the road has been started as soon as the weather opens in Sissu of Lahaul Spiti district. Here people are also removing the snow accumulated on the roofs of the houses. More than one foot of snow has accumulated on the roofs of houses in Gondla near Manali-Leh National Highway. After 4 days, when the weather cleared, the mountains looked like silver and people started removing snow from the roofs.
snow being removed by machine
How is the weather in Uttarakhand?
In Uttarakhand, most of the hilly districts are in the grip of severe cold due to continuous snowfall and intermittent light rain on the mountain peaks as well as cold winds blowing in the lower areas. There is a blanket of snow on the high peaks of Auli, Harsil, Hemkund Sahib, Chopta, Dayara, Lokhandi, Sukki Top, Munsiyari and Pithoragarh. The Joshimath-Neeti highway connecting the China border is also closed beyond Suraithotha, while the Chamoli-Kund national highway connecting Kedarnath and Badrinath is closed between Dhotidhar and Makku Bend.
Kedarnath temple covered with snow
After snowfall stopped, people in Kargil, Ladakh and Zojila also started clearing snow. Snow is being removed from the roads to improve connectivity. Here, in Uttarakhand too, people are in distress due to snowfall. A white blanket of snow has spread in Kedarnath Dham. The temple is covered with snow and there is several feet of snow in the Kedarnath temple complex. The Disaster Department of Uttarakhand has issued an alert of strong icy wind in Chamoli district.
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