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The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for Punjab and Haryana. That is, these states may receive continuous rains for the next 36 hours. There will be rain in eight districts of Punjab, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Ferozepur.
A warning of heavy rain has been issued in many areas including Ambala, Panchkula, Kaithal, Karnal and Hisar in Haryana. However, the weather will be cleared around the 8th.
Lahaul-Spiti of Himachal Pradesh, Chamba and Badrinath, Kedarnath and Hemkund Saheb in Kinnaur and Uttarakhand received the first snowfall. According to the IMD, rain and snowfall will continue on the high hills for the next 2 days.
Snowfall started on Monday afternoon at Kedarnath Dham in Uttarakhand, which continued till late evening. This dropped the temperature to 5 degrees. The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert of heavy rains and snowfall on 7 October. The second round of Chardham Yatra is currently going on. More than 5 thousand devotees are reaching daily.
Pictures of rain-barfi across the country …
Jammu and Kashmir: After the first snowfall of the weather in Gulmarg in Baramulla, the number of tourists on the ski resort increased.
Jammu and Kashmir: Snow on Monday outside Machil Mata Bhawan in Padar Valley of Kishtwar district.
Himachal Pradesh: Shimla received rain on Monday. The movement of Mall Road tourists looked less.
Bengal: CM Mamta Banerjee arrived on Monday to inspect the flood affected Kalikhola bridge in Nagarakata in Jalpaiguri.
