Darjeeling: Ghoom, almost 8 km from Darjeeling, covered in a snow blanket on Wednesday morning, delivered the new year as a tourist and locals made the road to that place.
Tiger Hill and Senchel Devi Mandir, which is located above Jorebunglow near Ghoom, also witnessed heavy snowfall.
Jalapahar, Simana, Sukhia and Lamahatta were also covered with snow.
Tourists rushed to Ghoom and Tiger Hill when social media was flooded with pictures and video snow dropped from the morning.
“I often come to the hill, but this is for the first time I have snow.
I have decided to postpone my return with one day so I don’t miss more snowfall,” said Ranjita Chakraborty from Rajarhat, Kolkata.
Likewise, Rohit Mishra from Dharamtala, Kolkata could not hide her excitement.
“I think someone can only enjoy the snow only in Sandakphu.
I was very lucky to be able to experience snow in Ghoom, which wasn’t too far from Darjeeling,” he said.
Darjeeling watched a brief snow spell at morning hours, lots of fun tourists.
Many of them rushed to Chowrasta, the hills were popular on foot, singing and dancing when snow hit their faces.
“I hope the snow goes down longer.
However, I am happy that I have to play with snow and click on a picture and record the video as a memory,” said Souvan Banerjee from Beck Bagan, Kolkata.
The rainbow in Darjeeling has begun to get a question after snow news even though the rooms are booked until January the first week.
“We are flooded with new questions.
Many want to celebrate the new year in Darjeeling, hoping to experience snow,” said Rajesh Rajak, General Manager of Pine Tree Resort and Spa.
Temperature dropped up to 2 ° C in the city area along with cold winds and intermittent rain.
In Tonglu and Tumling, which is located under Sandakphu, some tourists are stranded when their vehicle cannot stab because of heavy snow.
“It began to snow from Tuesday night.
About 200 tourists were stranded in Tonglu and Tumling.
But we tried our best to save them,” said Chandan Pradhan, Secretary General of the Singalila Land Rover Association based in Maneybhanjyang, the base point of Sandakphu.
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Police Darjeeling and the district government have issued a travel advisor, asking people to avoid traveling to Darjeeling, Ghoom, Hill Tiger, Simana, Sukhia, Maneybhanjyang and Sandakphu due to bad weather.