Updated on January 10, 2020 No respite from cold, Manali shivers at minus 7.6 degrees C The intense cold wave conditions continued to affect normal life in Himachal as mercury at some places had plunged below minus 15 degrees Celsius. Post heavy snowfall, the bone-chilling cold in Manali is breaking records of last many years. At minus 26 degrees C, Kaza, the administrative centre of Spiti valley, froze at minus 26 degrees C. The temperature at some places in Spiti including Kibber, Komic and Hikkim is expected to be even low. Temperature at Keylong has plummeted to minus 17.6 degrees C and it was minus 7.6 degrees C in Manali. State capital Shimla recorded low of minus 1.3 degrees C. Kalpa (-6.4), Dharamshala (1.2), Solan (-1.6), Dalhousie (0.2) and Mandi (1) are also shivering with cold. The traffic in parts of Kullu, Mandi and Shimla districts remained affected due to accumulation of snow and ice. The icing of the road and footpath has created troubles for pedestrians, especially tourists. Hundreds of cases of slip and fall were witnessed on Friday. In Manali, the buses are not being allowed to move beyond Aluground, 5km from here. The tourists are either forced to walk on foot with their luggage or are hiring private taxis. As there is no space to park vehicles and most connecting roads are either blocked or slippery, Manali witnessed long traffic jams for the whole day. Meanwhile, authorities are struggling to bring life back on track. The snow turned hard ice that has stuck to the roads and footpaths is posing challenge before the workers. The residents and hoteliers are unhappy with the authorities for not starting snow clearing works from the very beginning which could have provided relief to the people. “I don’t know where the machineries
Updated on January 10, 2020 No respite from cold, Manali shivers at minus 7.6 degrees C The intense cold wave conditions continued to affect normal life in Himachal as mercury at some places had plunged below minus 15 degrees Celsius. Post heavy snowfall, the bone-chilling cold in Manali is breaking records of last many years.
