Rainfall in high reaches , Bodies of three trekkers recovered
Normal life coming on the track with mainly dry weather todayhowever light rain lashed few places and three trekkers belonged Mumbai died in recent snow fall in Kinnaur district recovered from a snowpass district administration informed.
The Met Office said that Gondla in Lahaul Spiti recorded 15 cm snow, Hansa & Khadrala( Shimla districtfive cm each and Keylong three cm.
Three trackers died after heavy snowfall on Oct 22 and 23 at Bhurna pass are recovered by the ITBP resuce team braving the bone chillng cold wave and the trechreious mountain.
Deputy Commissioner Kinnaur Apoorva Devgan said that three trekkers died while coming to Sangla of Kinnuar district from Janglik of Rohru subdivision were traping at Bhutna pass . Rescue team brought down thethree bodies to Kilva area of district after passing Bhura Kunda and Janglik area. The bodies would be handed over to eight other trekkers resuced by the ITBP on Oct 25 after the postmortem.
The deceased were identified as Deepak Rau(58) son of Narayan Rau, Rajinder Bhal Chander Pathak( 65) son of Bal Chander Pathak and Ashok Madhukar (64) son of Madhukar.
Deputy Commissioner said that two trekkers missing from Oct 18 in 17000 ft high Lamkhaga pass in Kinnuar could not traced out as four to five centimeter snow mounted on the pass and temperature went downt severaldegrees down the normal. If weather would be conducive the administeration would launch campgain beforeincrasing winter in the state.
The rain lashed few places in the state as Shimla had five mm rain, tourist resort Kufri3.5 mm and Palampur in Kangra 2.2 mm, and Jubberhati 1.2 mm.
Minimum temperature dip by one degree below in last 24 hrs as Keylong was coldest in the state at minus three degree Celsius, Kalpa in Kinnuar two degrees tourist resort Kufri 7.6 degrees, Manali three degrees, Dalhousie 8.9 degreesShimla 8.2 degrees, Solan 6.7 degrees, Sundernagar in Mandi 7.3 degrees, Bhuntar in Kullu 5.9 degrees, Palampur 8.5 degrees, Hamirpur 10 degrees and Chamba 9.4 degrees.
Minimum temperature of Dharmshala was 11.8 degrees, Kangra 10.6 nd Mandi nine degrees each, Bilaspur 12.5 degrees, Una 13 degrees and Nahan in Sirmaur 15 degrees respectively.
The Met Office forecast mainly dry weather in next 24 hrs .
