Snowfall prompts closure of National Highway in J&K, avalanche warning in Himachal Pradesh

Biting cold conditions persisted in the region even as the minimum increased by a few notches.

Bharmaur recorded a minimum of -12.1 degrees while Keylong and Kalpa in Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur, saw the mercury settle at, respectively, -9.7 and -4.0 degrees.

In the plains, too, minimum temperatures registered a rise across Punjab and Haryana while cloudy weather prevailed in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, the common capital of the two neighbouring states.

The minimum at Adampur in Punjab's Jalandhar district, the coldest place across the two states yesterday at -0.5 degrees, rose to 7 degrees today, four notches above normal.