Major tourist places of Himachal received fresh snowfall with state Capital Shimla receiving 44.5 cm snowfall and Manali 30 cm till Wednesday morning. Met officials said that on Tuesday, Shimla received the highest snowfall in January since 2004.
Dalhousie recorded 60 cm snow, Kufri 55 cm, Keylong 33 cm and Kalpa received 39.6 cm snowfall during the period.
The minimum temperatures in Dalhousie, Kufri, Manali and Chail were minus 2.9 degrees Celsius, minus 2.7 degrees, minus 1.6 degrees and minus 0.7 degrees Celsius respectively Wednesday.
Tribal district Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong continued to be the coldest place in the state, recording low of minus 11 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature in Shimla was zero degree Celsius.
Meanwhile, Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur directed to restore power, water supply and roads at earliest
He reviewed the losses, restoration and rescue operations being under taken by the State Government keeping in view the incessant and heavy snowfall in the State on January 22.
Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and PWD Manisha Nanda apprised Chief Minister about the situation in various snow bound districts with the restoration work being carried out by the PWD, IPH and HPSEBL.
PWD said the total number of roads closed in the state were 690 out of these 200 roads were cleared by Wednesday whereas, 199 roads will be opened by 24 January and remaining 291 roads will be opened after 24th January.
The PWD loss has been assessed Rs. 51.92 crore which may increase after final assessment of loss and damage to the roads.
Total 350 number of machinery has been deployed for restoration of the roads.
As per HPSEB out of total 5058 affected Distribution Transformer (DTRs), 2625 have been restored and balance 2483 DTRs will be restored soon. The South Zone has been severely affected during this snowfall.
Total 189 water supply schemes have been affected by this snowfall and total loss assessed more than 3 crore. However, the number may rise as some of the areas are still inaccessible. The restoration will be done within next two days.
The Chief Minister directed to restore the electricity, water supply and roads at the earliest.