Shimla, Feb. 2 -- The majority of the snowline area of Himachal Pradesh and major tourist resorts, including Shimla, Manali, Dalhousie, Kufri, Narkanda, and Khajiyar, were draped under thick layers of snow, disrupting vehicular traffic and power supplies in the state.

As people came out of their houses, they blossomed after finding the rooftop and tree draped in a white blanket of snowfall. It was a sunny morning on Friday, and picturesque scenes increased with the beautiful weather phenomenon.

Shimla had the first snowfall of this season, and as before, tourists and locals were dismayed by the dry weather conditions. The change in the season not only relieves the locals from perched dry weather conditions, but the tourist and hospitality...