Snowfall in high reaches , Rescue operation to trace five missing trekkers hampering

Early winter and fresh snowfall in high reaches intensified the cold wave condition in the  and hampering the search and rescue operation to trace five missing trekkers belonged Kolkata, Uttarakhand and Mumbai who trapped in the heavy snow storm in Kinnaur district recently, district administration said.
The Met Office said that Gondla and Keylong in Lahaul Spiti recorded four and three cm snow today. 
There are information of fresh spell Snowfall also recorded in high reaches of  Lahaul- Spiti at, 13050 ft high Rohtang Pass, Kunzum Pass, Baralacha, Lady of Keylong, Sapatrishi and Goshal hills, Shikaridevi of Mandi, Malana, Jalorijot and high reaches of Bhuntar and Manali, Dhauladhar ranges of Kangra, Sachpass, Manimehash, high reaches of Bharmour and Pangi in Chamba, Kinner Kailash of Kinnuar, High reaches of Dodra and Kawar of Shimla in last 24 hrs. It was mainly dry to partly cloudy on Wednesday  .
Deputy commissioner Kinnaur Apoorva Devgan said that five trackers were missing in snowy passes of the district couldn’t evecuated owing to heavy snowfall recently and in last  24 hrs. 
Three trekkers died while trekking to Sangla of Kinnuar district from Janglik of Rohru subdivision as they traped in snow blizzard on Oct 24.
The deceased are 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. 
DC said that ITBP and police rescue team was sent again today to evacuate the deceased trekkers however inclement weather subsequent to mishap became hampering the risky rescue operation.
Light rain lashed few places in the state as tourist Manali in Kullu  had ten mm rain, Kothi 9.6 mm and Udaipur 3.8 mm.

Minimum temperature was two to three degree below normal as Keylong was coldest in the state at minus 1.7 degree Celsius, Kalpa in Kinnuar 1.4 degrees, tourist resort Kufri 7.3 degrees, Manali five degrees, , Dalhousie 7.5 degreesShimla 8.5 degrees,  Solan ten degrees, Sundernagar in Mandi 11 degrees, Bhuntar in Kullu 10 degreesPalampur 9.4 degrees, Hamirpur 11.7 degrees and  Chamba 11 degrees.
Minimum temperature of Dharmshala was 9.8 degrees, Kangra and Mandi 12.9 degrees each, Bilaspur 15 degrees, Una 12. 8 degrees and Nahan in Sirmaur 15.6  degrees respectively.
The inclement weather along with heavy rain, snowfall and thunderstorm kept the normal life out of gears as 41 roads( 39 linkand two NH) are snowbound and power supply disrupted due to heavy rain and thunderstorm  57 areas mostly in Laual Spiti, Pangi, Manali and Kullu.
Deputy Commissioner Lahaul  Spiti Mr Neeraj Kumar said that Manali-Leh National highway no 3 is snowbound betweenDarcha to Sarchu and National Highway No 505 is blocked from Gramphu to Losar. 
Land slides disrupted vehicular traffic at Tonidevi in Hamirpur district after a landslide.
The Met Office forecast mainly dry weather in next 24 hrs .