Keylong freezes at minus 9.4 degrees coldest of season
Normal live which was out of gear in last 24 hrs due to snowfall
and cold weather returning to normal with mainly dry and sunny weather on Tuesday.
The Met Office said that night temperature plummet to minus 9.4 degree Celsius at Keylongin Lahaul Spiti which is coldest of the season and five degrees down the normal.
The chief amount of Snowfall recorded at Kalpa had eight cm , Kukumsheri in Laual Spitisix cm , Khadrala five cm Shilaroo -two cm , tourist resort Kufri and Sangla in Kinnuar one cm each
Jubbar Hatti in Shimla district had 18 mm rain , Banjar in Kullu 14 mm, Gohar in Mandi 12 mmKandaghat in Solan 11 mm , Bharmour in Chamba & Paonta Sahib in Sirmaur nine mm each , Karsog in Mandi, Sarkaghat, Solan, & Rohru – 8 each , Shimla, Mashobra , Baijnath , & Reckong Peo seven mm and Rampur and Mandi six mm, Palampur in Kangra, Manali , Bijahi and Bhuntar in Kullu five mm
107 linke road and Two national highway including Gramphu toLossar , NH03 Rohtang passand Darcha to Sarchu are snowbound. Power supply is off in Pooh subdivision of Kinnuar andwater pipes lines freeze and are disrupted in 16 water supply schemes including ten in Kalpa and six inSpiti division.
Two women died and many others injured as a pick up car carrying about 27 persons fell downat Sarognalah near Bharari in Chamba district.
Vehicular traffic was disrupted at Kufri and Narkanda on Hindustan Tibet National highway and NH-88 between Chakkar and Tawimorh due to freezing snow, rain water and sleet in last 24 hrs the movement of trafficwas slippery in some points however with sunny weather on Tuesday normal life is coming on thetrack in the state.
The police and Public works departments machinery are deployed to clear the traffic and openthe snowbound roads on war footing.
Minimum temperature of Kalpa in Kinnuar was minus four degrees and three degrees down thenormal, Kunfri minus 1.2 degrees, Manali minus 0.4 degrees, Solan 2.6 degreesBhuntar 2.8 degrees, Sundernagar 3.6 degrees, SHimla 3.9 degrees, Palampur 4.2 degrees Hamirpur 4.3 degrees, Chamba 4.9 degrees, Dalhousie 5.7 degrees, Mandi 6.2 degreesBilaspur 6.5 degrees, Dharmsuala, Kangra and Una 7.2 degrees each, Jubbarhati eightdegrees and Nahan 11.6 degrees.
The Met office forecast rain or snowfall in isolated places in the mid and high reaches innext 24 hrs.
