Manali, Kufri shiver at minus 5 deg Celsius after fresh snowfall; tourists make merry

Tribune Web Desk 
Shimla, January 14

Himachal Pradesh's famed tourist place Manali in Kullu district witnessed a fresh spell of snow, taking the temperature to minus five degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said.

Tourists made merry by hurling snowballs at one another and hoteliers cheered in the hope that more would come in large numbers in the coming days even as the Met Office forecast dry weather from Monday.

The tourist place witnessed 2 cm more snowfall from 5.30 pm on Sunday till 8.30 am on Monday, Shimla MeT centre director Manmohan Singh said.

Other tourist destinations of the hill state like Kufri in Shimla district and Dalhousie in Chamba district also saw acute cold wave conditions at freezing point. The minimum temperature at Kufri and Dalhousie remained minus 4.9 and 0 degree Celsius, respectively, he said.

Tribal district Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place in the state at minus 12 degrees Celsius, the official said, adding the minimum temperature in another tribal district Kinnaur's Kalpa was minus 8.2 degrees Celsius.

The minimum temperature in state capital Shimla and Palampur was 1 degree Celsius each, Singh added.

with PTI inputs