The last week of December has started and winter has reached its peak. There has been snowfall in many areas of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir. The effect of snowfall in the mountains has started becoming visible in the plains.
After a long wait the mountains were finally covered with white sheets. The valleys of Himachal Pradesh are covered with snow. Heavy snowfall in Manali, Kullu, Rohtang and many other areas has increased the danger but the crowd of tourists has also increased. Due to the snowfall yesterday, vehicular movement had to be temporarily stopped on the Manali-Keylong road. About 1000 vehicles got stuck on Atal Tunnel route. However, the administration showed promptness and carried out rescue operations.
3 national highways closed in Himachal
Due to snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, sectional power and water connections have also been cut in some districts on 174 state and 3 national highways (NH 03, NH 305, NH 505) in the last 24 hours. Due to changing weather and snowfall, there has been power failure at 683 places. The Disaster Information Department has released the district wise report. Along with this, advisory has also been issued for tourists.
A situation like Himachal Pradesh has now started developing in Uttarakhand also. Snowfall occurred in many high altitude areas of the state. However, it receives less snowfall compared to Himachal. Still high altitude areas like Auli, Uttarkashi, Chakrata, Badrinath, Kedarnath are covered with white sheets. This is the second snowfall of this season in Kedarnath Dham. The snowfall has also affected the reconstruction work going on there. There is continuous snowfall in Kedarnath Dham since yesterday. There has been more than one feet snowfall in the Dham so far. The Meteorological Department has issued an alert that Christmas and New Year may be cold.
Oli, the famous tourist destination and ski resort of Uttarakhand, has once again been surrounded by heavy snowfall. In the pictures of the valleys of Auli, you can see how trees, plants, houses, roads, everything is visible in the lap of snow, after which the view of Auli looks very beautiful. What tourists and local hoteliers have been waiting for for a long time is now here.
The valleys of Oli appear white everywhere under a blanket of snow half a foot thick. Tomorrow is Christmas and due to the weekend, a large number of tourists are coming to Auli in Uttarakhand. In such a situation, this snowfall is no less than a gift for them because now the valleys of Auli are covered with snow. In such a situation, the wishes of the tourists who came here have been fulfilled.
The weather pattern has changed a lot in Jammu and Kashmir also. Heavy snowfall is also occurring in high altitude areas. There was snowfall in Pir Panjal and Sonamarg yesterday. Many other areas have also been put on alert by the Meteorological Department. These days the temperature of Kashmir is continuously falling.
At present, the temperature of Srinagar was recorded at minus 3.6 degrees on Sunday night. The famous Dal Sarovar has started cooling down due to falling mercury. Whereas the temperature in Pahalgam was minus 5 degrees. According to the Meteorological Department, there will be further shock in the temperature by Wednesday.
