Darjeeling known as the ‘Queen of Hills’ is the most popular Hill station in West Bengal, which received heavy snowfall from the last few days, giving tourists a rare chance to see the popular hill station covered in a thick blanket of snow after a gap of nearly 15 years.
Locals and meteorological department officials said that even though the upper reaches of Darjeeling such as Sandakphu and Tiger Hill often receive heavy snowfall and it may even snow for a few minutes in the town.
The last time Darjeeling town received heavy snowfall was on February 14, 2007. The snowfall lasted for a few hours, though.
The minimum temperature at Darjeeling’s Raj Bhawan, located close to the mall, was recorded to be -2 degrees Celsius; while Gangtok in Sikkim recorded 1.7 degrees Celsius on Friday last week, which is the lowest temperature recorded in February in 14 years.
