Shimla, Manali shiver

India Gazette (IANS) Thursday 9th February, 2012

Popular tourist destinations Shimla and Manali saw the season's lowest temperatures Thursday at minus 3.8 degrees Celsius and minus 7.4 degrees respectively.

Shimla recorded 5.4 cm of snow and Manali 4 cm from Wednesday to Thursday morning.

"The entire belt in Kinnaur, Shimla, Lahaul and Spiti and Kullu districts witnessed moderate to heavy snowfall," a Met official said here.

Upper areas like Narkanda, Jubbal, Kotkhai and Kharapathar experienced heavy snowfall.

Kalpa, 250 km from Shimla, saw 16.6 cm of snow. It recorded a minimum temperature of minus 10.6 degrees, a fall from Wednesday's minus 3 degrees.

Shimla and Manali also recorded a fall from Wednesday's minus 1.6 degrees and minus 1.2 degrees respectively.

Dharmsala recorded a minimum of 2.1 degrees, a fall of two degrees from Wednesday's 4.1 degrees.

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