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Upper reaches of Uttarakhand receive the season’s first snowfall

Apart from the Gangotri temple and Harsil in Uttarkashi district, Dharali, Jankichatti and Ranachatti also received snowfall, Gangotri Mandir Samiti president Suresh Semwal said.

The higher Himalayan areas in Uttarakhand obtained the season’s first heavy snowfall on Monday, intensifying the chilly situations throughout the state. Snowfall started in any respect locations within the higher Himalayan areas together with Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Auli, and Harsil on Sunday evening and continued until Monday morning, wrapping them in thick, white sheets of snow.

Other than the Gangotri temple and Harsil in Uttarkashi district, Dharali, Jankichatti and Ranachatti additionally obtained snowfall, Gangotri Mandir Samiti president Suresh Semwal stated.

Over one-foot snow has collected on the well-known snowboarding slopes of Auli in Chamoli district. Kedarnath temple gates have been closed for winter amid persevering with snowfall. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his Uttarakhand counterpart Trivendra Singh Rawat had visited the Himalayan shrine to attend its closing ceremony.

Decrease areas like Dehradun and Mussoorie have been lashed by rains, which added to the nippiness. The meteorological division has predicted rain and snowfall within the higher areas for the subsequent two days.