Snowfall, rain in Himachal Pradesh, cold wave intensifies

The cold wave conditions intensified across Himachal Pradesh on Monday with fresh snowfall in the higher reaches and rains in lower hills, the MeT department said.

The maximum temperature has fallen in most parts of the state and more rain and snowfall are predicted this week, Director Shimla MeT centre Manmohan Singh said.

Heavy rain and snowfall are likely in Shimla, Mandi, Kullu, Kinnaur, Chamba, Kangra, Lahaul and Spiti district in the next three days.

On Monday, the tribal district Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong received 18 cm of snow, Dalhousie got 10 cm of snow followed by 6.4 cm of snow at Kalpa, 4 cm in Pooh and Sangla each and one cm of snow was registered at Kufri, he said.

There was mild snowfall in Shimla, Nahan and Mandi.

Besides, 0.6 to 6 mm of rain was received in Sundernagar, Bhuntar, Dharamshala, Nahan, Palampur, Solan, Manali, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Chamba, Amb and Tissa on Monday, Singh said.

The maximum temperature has declined because of the fresh .