On Monday morning, the National Highway 5 or the old Hindustan-Tibet road which connects Shimla to Kinnaur via Rampur, was blocked by snow at Kufri, Fagu, Narkanda, and other places. The snow was cleared by the afternoon and the road opened for vehicular traffic, the district police said.
In Shimla town, the roads remained functional but became slippery and the police issued an advisory asking people to travel only after considering the risk involved. Road clearing operations are currently underway in snowbound areas of the state.
Parts of Solan district, including popular hill stations Chail, Kasauli and Barog, and the town of Solan also received a few centimetres of snowfall, while the road from Chail to Kufri was blocked by snow.
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