In view of anticipated heavy downfall, an alert has been issued in Himachal Pradesh’s advanced hill areas including popular sightseer spots like Chamba, Spiti, Kullu, Shimla by the Indian Meteorological Department, ANI reported. An alert for heavy snowfall has been issued in advanced areas of Himachal Pradesh including Chamba, Spiti, Kullu, Shimla. Duration of snowfall was longer in comparison to previous years. Coming 48 hrs will be extremely cold with heavy snowfall Surender Paul, IMD head, HP. An analogous situation prevailed in the neighbouring state of Uttarakhand, where business on crucial public roadways was disrupted for hours on Tuesday after snow accumulated on the roads. The rainfall department has predicted that conditions may ameliorate from Wednesday morning. The state meteorological department also predicts bad rainfall in the advanced rung of the state. The elderly scientist at IMD Sandeep Kumar Sharma said that there will be another spell of rain and snowfall in the region. As per the Indian Meteorological Centre, the insulated spells of heavy downfall and snowfall are veritably likely to do in sections of Kinnaur, Lahaul- Spiti, Kullu and advanced rung of Shimla, Chamba, Kangra, Mandi and touching areas from late Wednesday night to Thursday. Occasional development of showers and lightning likely to do in isolated corridor of the State during the period. Fall in minimal temperatures by average 3- 4 degrees Celsius in the state from Thursday onwards is also forecast. Meanwhile, the state disaster operation authority has issued a medium peril- position warning for avalanches in Chamba, Kinnaur, Kullu and Lahaul- Spiti sections that are above altitude of 500 m in the coming 24 hours. The chances of avalanche are more in Kullu quarter between Solang and Atal lair, Kothi to Rohtang pass and Lahaul.
A Heavy Snowfall is Expected in Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir, Government Issued Yellow Alert
