As Manali received fresh snowfall recently, actress Kangana Ranaut, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, shared mesmerising images of her snow-covered bungalow.
"One boy from Delhi dead after a car carrying 4 people en route to Kullu-Manali from Delhi met with an accident in Kurukshetra due to reckless driving," said police personnel Jiya Singh.
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.
Vijay Deverakonda comes up with exciting gifts every year to make Christmas and New Year more special for his fans. This year, he is sending his 100 fans to Manali as a New Year gift from his initiative #Deverasanta2022.
"We had come here to see the fresh snowfall but there was very less snow around. We enjoyed horse rides and other adventure activities. We shall wait for one or two days, otherwise, we shall go to Manali." said a tourist who had come from Rajasthan
Over the last 24 hours, Keylong in the Lahaul-Spiti district recorded the lowest temperature at the state at -11 degree Celsius while Kukumseri, in the same district, saw the mercury settling at -10 degree Celsius.
Around 400 vehicles were rescued safely from the south portal of Rohtang Tunnel, Manali which were stranded due to snowfall in Manali and Lahaul Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, according to SDM Surender Thakur on Thursday.
A large number of tourists are rushing to Himachal Pradesh after India Meteorological Department's (IMD) forecasted snowfall in six districts of the state ahead of New Year.