"Registration for the visit to Kedarnath Dham will be banned till May 8. There is a possibility of bad weather in Kedarghati for the next three to four days. In view of this, the government has taken this decision," stated an official release.
"Due to bad weather and snowfall in Kedarnath, the registration of pilgrims for Kedarnath has been stopped till tomorrow May 3. The decision regarding registration will be taken keeping in view the weather conditions," Mayur Dixit, Rudraprayag District Magistrate (DM) said.
Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee Chairman Ajendra Ajay appealed to the pilgrims visiting Kedarnath to take information about the weather before heading for yatra and said that the state government and the temple committee have made all arrangements for the Chardham Yatra.
"In the state, an alert has been issued for hailstorms and thunderstorms with a speed of 70 km per hour and heavy snowfall in areas above 3500 meters," read the IMD release.
A statement from IndiGo said, "Flight 6E2518 from Mumbai to Delhi departed late due to a delay in the arrival of incoming aircraft because of bad weather. The subsequent processes of clearances required from Authorities and arrangement of a fresh crew to operate the flight as per guidelines
On reports of wheat crop loss in some states due to bad weather, Sanjeev Chopra said the country would "probably end up with the same figure of 112 million tonne of production or in the worst case scenario, there will be an negligible drop in the production".
Nearly 22 flights were diverted from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi to other airports due to bad weather conditions on Thursday, according to airport authorities.
Earlier, the Pakistan Army decided to hold the annual parade of the armed forces on Pakistan Day on a limited scale, joining the government's austerity drive that aims at warding off the economic crisis, Dunya News reported.
Due to weather conditions in the national capital, a total of 10 flights were diverted to other airports on Monday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said.
The Italian authorities said that the three arrested had taken the illegal immigrants on a boat from the Turkish city of Izmir to the Italian city of Calabria despite bad weather conditions.