The high-altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Monday. Major highways were closed and villages were cut off due to the heavy snowfall and rains in Jammu and Kashmir. As a precaution, certain districts' schools were also closed on Monday, as reported by PTI.
Videos from Himachal released by ANI showed the Spiti valley of Lahaul and Spiti district covered in a thick sheet of snow. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the minimum temperature in the valley can reach up to minus 3 degree Celsius on Monday.
Himachal's Narkanda town received its first snowfall of the season on Monday morning.
The ski town of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir was coated in a thick layer of snow from the overnight heavy snowfall. The IMD predicted that Gulmarg's lowest temperature might drop as low as minus 2 degrees Celsius.
Snowfall was also reported from the high-altitude areas of Ramban, Udhampur, Kishtwar, Doda and Kathua districts and hill resorts of Patnitop, Sinthan and Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kupwara and Baramulla districts received the season’s first snowfall on Monday, informed the IMD.
From Tuesday till Friday, the weather will be partly cloudy, after which there is a possibility of light to moderate rain or snow on Saturday. However, there is no forecast of any major snow spell till November 20, the meteorological office said.