Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir receive fresh snowfall. Tourism from NCR on rise!

A few high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh received snowfall on Tuesday as the temperature dipped in several places in North India - Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast a decline in temperature by two to four degrees Celsius this week.

 

Manali recorded minus 1.5 degrees Celsius, a day receiving heavy snowfall in the upper areas of Himachal Pradesh, while Keylong was the coldest place in the state at minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, as reported by news agency PTI. This is a relief for travel industry which needed people to have a reason to come out of their house. Some resort owners have launched special #Covidsafe packages to self drive tourists who are looking for a secluded workation.

 

On Monday, Uttarakhand experienced heavy snowfall which left Uttarakhand Chief Ministers Trivendra Singh Rawat and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stranded at Kedarnath, as reported by new agency India Today.

 

Meanwhile, Mount Abu (where currently Indian wrestler Sangram Singh, and TV actress Payal Rohatgi are enjoying a vacation) was the coldest place in Rajasthan with a minimum temperature of four degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature in Ganganagar, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Churu, Pali and Barmer was 11.9 degrees Celsius, 13 degrees Celsius, 13.2 degrees Celsius, 13.5 degrees Celsius, 14 degrees Celsius and 15.8 degrees Celsius, respectively, according to the MeT department in Jaipur, as reported by PTI.

 

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