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Himachal gets more snow, farmers asked to delay rabi sowing
Sangla in Kinnaur got 5cm of snowfall, Keylong 2cm and Kalpa 0.4cm, while Nahan recorded 22.9mm of rainfall followed by Dalhousie with 10mm of rain and Dharamshala 8.4mm.
After the recent snow and rain ended a two-and-a-half-month dry spell in Himachal Pradesh, farmers of the state have been advised not to immediately sow rabi crops.
State agriculture director Naresh Kumar Badhan said on Tuesday that farmers should avoid sowing rabi crops immediately after the rain. “Farmers should wait for a couple of sunny days after the rain before sowing wheat, pulses and vegetables. The temperature should neither be low nor high for better growth of crops,” he said.
Meanwhile, the higher reaches of the state received fresh snowfall on Tuesday, while rain is forecast in the middle and lower hills.
Sangla in Kinnaur district got 5cm of snowfall, Keylong 2cm and Kalpa 0.4cm, while Nahan recorded 22.9mm of rainfall. Dalhousie received 10mm of rain and Dharamshala 8.4mm.
Light rainfall occurred in Shimla, Solan, Manali, Kufri, Palampur, Bilaspur and Hamirpur.
MANALI RECORDS LOW OF MINUS 1.5°C
The mercury dropped further in the past 24 hours.
State meteorological department director Manmohan Singh said that weather is expected to remain clear for the next few days.
Shimla saw a low of 4.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, while Kufri, 14 km from the state capital, froze at 0.4°C.
The minimum temperature in Manali was minus 1.5°C. Dharamshala and Dalhousie recorded lows of 5.8°C and 3.6°C, respectively.
Una recorded a low of 7.6°C, Bilaspur 9°C, Hamirpur 8.2°C, Nahan 12.2°C and Kalpa minus 2.1°C, while Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district was the coldest at a low of minus 6.6°C.
