By IANS
Shimla : Snow, sleet and cold continued to paralyse life in much of Himachal Pradesh Thursday. State capital Shimla was a complete whitewash with nearly 16 cm of snowfall in the last 24 hours.
Sleet and strong winds lashed the resort town during much of the day, forcing people to remain indoors. The minimum temperature recorded in this city was zero degree Celsius.
Roads remained blocked on the Hindustan-Tibet highway as the ski resorts of Kufri and Narkanda received heavy snowfall this week.
Narkanda, around 64 km from here, recorded over 90 cms of snow in the last one week.
Snowfall has also been heavy on the 52-km Manali-Rohtang pass highway in the Kullu valley.
Over 60 cms of snow has accumulated at Bharmaur in the Chamba valley reports said.
The Met Office has forecast more rain and snowfall for the state in next 24 hours till Friday.