Apple growers and hoteliers are cheerful as Shimla experiences Pre Christmas Snow Fall.
Especially the hotel industry in Shimla was facings crunches after the water shortage during the month of June 2018.
Its more than three decades now, Shimla, the Queen of Hills, hadn’t seen pre-Christmas snowfall. On Wednesday, after the season’s coldest night with the temperature dipping to minus 2 degrees Celsius, the town woke up to a snowfall, the first this season.Though the weather has been favourable in the past fortnight, there were forecasts about snowfall. The early arrival of snowfall has raised hopes of a White Christmas and an exciting New Year. There will be a rush of tourists in the hills, apart from Shimla.”
Apple growers in Shimla’s Kotkhai, Kotgarh, Thanedar and Chopal belt who have been bearing the brunt of the climate change too are a relieved lot. “Early snowfall is like gold If there is good snowfall in December, we can hope for better days, at least in the next season,” says Devender Madhaik, an apple-grower of Kotkhai.
