The State Emergency Operation Centre informed that traffic movement along four national highways including the Manali Leh National Highway NH-03, Kullu's Highway NH 705, Kinnaur Highway NH-05 and Lahoul Spiti Highway NH 505 has been hit amid heavy snowfall.
After a long dry spell, the climatic conditions have abruptly changed and Kashmir valley received a good spell of snowfall that has brought cheer to the faces of people including those shopkeepers that are selling fur shoes in the winter period.
Higher mountain ranges in Joshimath including Chamoli district and the holy shrine of Badrinath in Chamoli district were covered in a blanket of snow received fresh snowfall.
The entire North Indian belt continued to be in the grip of an intense cold wave on Saturday, with Mandhol village in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh recording heavy snowfall overnight and the Delhi-NCR waking up to dense fog and low visibility.
Himachal Pradesh's Malana village on Friday received a fresh round of knee-deep snow during the past 24 hours, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials.
The hill state of Himachal Pradesh has received fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours, and the higher mountain regions have received moderate snowfall and rainfall, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials on Thursday.
Amid near blizzard-like conditions, Indian Army's Chinar Corps soldiers conducted the emergency evacuation of a pregnant woman who was in distress in a remote village on the Line of Control.