In Pictures: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh hills welcome May with sudden snowfall

While heat waves have already struck several parts of the country, higher reaches in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand received fresh snowfall, bringing down the temperature in the states. Places which witnessed snowfall in Himachal include Rohtang Pass, Kanam and Labrang village of Kinnaur. Uttarakhand's Badrinath, which is one of the most visited pilgrimage centers of India, also received several times more snowfall in the first day of May. Frequent snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir since January also led to the closure of the Mughal road, which connects the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian. However, the 84-km mountainous road, an alternative link between Kashmir and rest of the country, is likely to thrown open for traffic movement next week as the snow clearance operation is almost complete.

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