Simkot (Humla), Dec 9: Humla district has received snowfall for the first time this year.
The snowfall started last night
after changes in weather condition since Sunday evening.
As of Monday morning, snow
measuring three inches has been piled up in the district headquarters, Simikot,
while a feet snow is covering Limi and other areas located in the higher parts
of north Namkha rural municipality, said Log Bohara, who works at Limi health
post.
The farmers here are euphoric even
with late snowfall in the district this year. The local residents believe that
the weather will improve after the snowfall.
The farmers of the district are
happy hoping the snowfall will also augur well to the cultivation of wheat,
barley and lice.
The snowfall has affected normal
life in district headquarters Simkot and surrounding hills.
Normal life has been affected in
Chala, Limi, Hilsa and Yari areas of north Namkha.
The temperature has already dropped
to minus in Humla. (RSS)