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Not A Grain Of Snow This Month, Apple Growers’ Worries Grow The snow acts as a powerful cooling agent, especially during December-January to provide requisite chilling hours to the plants. Getty images Ashwani Sharma 2021-01-29T20:36:21+05:30 Not A Grain Of Snow This Month, Apple Growers’ Worries Grow outlookindia.com 2021-01-29T21:04:33+05:30 Also read Winter is at its peak in the hills but where is the snow? At least in its fruit belt, which is the backbone of the state’s apple economy? The data available with the Shimla centre of Indian Meteorological D...

Massive Fire Consumes Four-Storey Residential Complex in Himachal’s Praunthi No casualties were reported, officials said adding that the fire broke out at 4.15 pm File Photo Ashwani Sharma 2021-01-27T22:21:52+05:30 Massive Fire Consumes Four-Storey Residential Complex in Himachal’s Praunthi outlookindia.com 2021-01-27T22:29:57+05:30 A massive fire broke out in Himachal Pradesh’s Praunthi on Wednesday, destroying a four-storey residential complex. All the 32 rooms in the building were completely gutted due to the blaze. However, no casualties were reported,...

2851 State BJP president Suresh Kashyap gets his finger inked at a polling booth at Bajga gram panchayat in Sirmaur district. Tribune News Service Shimla, January 21 Heavy polling of 81 per cent was reported in the final and the last phase of voting for the Panchayati Raj Institution polls, which were peaceful with no untoward incident taking place anywhere in the state today. According to the State Election Commission (SEC) around 81 per cent polling was registered in the third and final phase of the elections. Polling was held in 1,137 gram panchayats with the highest 94 per cent polling b...

Supply of essential items to areas beyond Dhalli was affected as Upper Shimla area was cut off due to snow. Kharapathar received 6 inches of snow followed by Kufri and Khidki four inches, each, and Narkanda 2 inches, while roads in Shimla city are slippery. Even Dharampur in Solan district experienced snowfall. So did picturesque tourist resorts Kasauli and Chail in the district. Nankhri and Sarahan are still experiencing snowfall. A large number of link roads are blocked in Rampur, Rohru and Chopal subdivisions and vehicular movement towards Shimla from Rampur has been diverted through Basan...

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...