Several parts of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday received moderate to heavy snow, snapping road connectivity to many areas in the higher reaches. Road links in upper Shimla towns were disrupted as snow covered the roads, officials said. The road connectivity on the Kullu-Manali highway was also hampered as a thick blanket of snow covered the road near Patlikuhl, some 20 km before Manali. Kinnaur and most of the upper areas of Shimla districts were closed as various link roads in Jubbal, Kotkhai, Kumarsain, Kharapathar, Rohru and Chopal were blocked by snow. The minimum temperature recorded at Manali that saw more than 22 cm of snow was 0.6 degree Celsius below the freezing point, the weather office said. Shimla, which saw overnight rains, recorded 29.2 mm of rains. Kalpa, some 250 km from Shimla, experienced 34 cm snow.
