Several districts of Arunachal Pradesh witnessed season’s first snowfall. The State capital witnessed the season’s first snowfall after a gap of over 15 years. With the mercury going sub-zero, several districts in Arunachal Pradesh witnessed the season’s first snowfall since the last couple of days.

Tawang district bordering China witnessed heavy snowfall while Sela Pass situated an altitude of 13,700 feet on the Bomdila-Tawang road, the lifeline of defence personnel travelling to the frontier, was covered with more than one feet of snow in the last three days, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Jang Dr D K Chutia said. Bomdila, the district headquarters of West Kameng received moderate snowfall after a gap of over 12 years. FULL REPORT


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