Shimla- The weekend rush of tourists to enjoy the snowy landscape, coupled with slippery roads and lack of traffic management in picturesque tourist resorts, mainly Shimla and Manali in Himachal Pradesh, have brought them to a halt, literally.

The result: Long traffic jams adding to the problems of the commuters.

Shimla, A white blanket of snow covered much of the landscape here as tourists poured into Himachal Pradesh towns of Shimla, Chail, Kasauli, Manali and Dalhousie on Wednesday.

Parts of upper Shimla and the link to Manali were cut off with heavy snow piled on roads, officials said.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur directed all the Deputy Commissioners to ensure essential services. He wanted them to be in place at the earliest and appealed to the public to be more alert.

Shimla, Popular tourist destinations Shimla and Manali on Tuesday received more snowfall, while the lower hills across Himachal Pradesh were lashed by rain, bringing the temperature down by several notches.

Hoteliers have cheered up with the snowfall in the hope that tourists will come in large numbers in the coming days.

Tourist spots near Shimla, such as honeymooners' paradise Kufri, Fagu and Narkanda experienced plentiful snowfall, making the hill stations even more picturesque.

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday launched Himachal MyGov portal which will help strengthening public participation in governance.

He also launched the Chief Minister App.

The Chief Minister said MyGov Himachal would help people to communicate their views, suggestions, feedback as well as discontentment, if any.

Shimla, It was a bright sunny morning on Sunday in Himachal Pradesh capital, with the snowfall a day earlier turning it more picturesque.

The local Met Department has predicted snow in the state from January 6.

"It was bright and sunny in most parts of the state after a day of snow and rain," an official of the Met Office told IANS.

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh is providing mojor boost to natural farming in with an aim to become a pioneer in the field by 2022.

Thousands of farmers, particularly the women, have adopted the Subhash Palekar Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan scheme under the state government by growing vegetables and other crops through natural farming -- both individually and by forming self-help groups.

Dehradun, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said the incident of Nankana Sahib in Pakistan was a glaring example of atrocities against the minority communities there.

He said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 passed by the Indian government was an attempt to provide relief to these minorities belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities.

Shimla, Hill stations of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday experienced partially cloudy skies with temperatures close to the freezing point at several places and chances of snow, a weather official said.

"Light to moderate snowfall is likely to occur at many places as western disturbances are active with significant fall in day temperatures," Manmohan Singh, Director of the Met office here, told IANS.

Shimla, The Himachal Pradesh capital recorded the coldest daytime December temperatures in the last two decades during the past month , the local weather bureau said on Monday.

Also, the average monthly minimum temperature in Shimla during December was 3.8 degrees Celsius and this was the second lowest average minimum temperature in 22 years after 1997, when it was 3.1 degrees, the Met office said in a statement.

The average monthly maximum temperature in Shimla during December was 13.4 degrees Celsius, which is the lowest average maximum temperature in 20 years. The ever lowest maximum average temperature touched 10.5 degrees Celsius in 1986.

Shimla- If you are heading to the hills of Himachal before the New Year dawns and want to enjoy the snowy landscape, extend your holidays, as the Met Office has forecast snow till January 3.

"The western disturbances will be active in the region from December 31 with chances of snowfall between January 1 and 3," Manmohan Singh, Director of the local India Meteorological Department, told IANS.

He said the probability of snowfall in Shimla, Kufri, Narkanda, Manali, Kalpa and Dalhousie are high from January 1.