Preneeta Sharma
As the cold waves intensified all over the state, people were forced to huddle inside their houses and to wear the heavy woollen clothes here in the Shimla region. While the fresh snowfall has occurred on the presiding Bada Dev Kamrunag temple complex, Shikari Devi and Shaitadhar hills in Mandi district. In the afternoon there was snowfall seen in Jalodi Pass and Raghupurgarh, Rohtang Pass, Kunjam Pass and Baralacha.
During the last 24 hours chilling cold waves have been blowing, due to which there is five degree dropped in the maximum temperatures. The minimum temperature in the state has dropped by three to four degrees. The mercury in Keylong reached minus 5.6 degrees on Sunday night.
According to Meteorological Center Shimla, the weather is forecast to remain clear in the state for a week from Tuesday.