Darjeeling, Dec 14: West Bengal’s Darjeeling and Sikkim’s Changu recorded their initial snowfall of the season Fri as temperatures plummeted throwing a thick blanket of fog over the 2 areas.

Sikkim touristry sources aforesaid as several as 166 Changu-bound tourer vehicles were stranded at Sipsu in western Sikkim and had to come to the capital Gangtok throughout the day following the snowfall.

Reports of 1 in. of snowfall were received from Sandakfu and Falut mountain peaks in Darjeeling district.

One or 2 spells of intermittent rainfall were received from the Darjeeling hills, with a number of the upper areas reeling beneath sub-zero temperature.

In Darjeeling city, the mercury hovered between 2 and 3 C, whereas Kalimpong was slightly hotter, recording between six and 7 C.

A lot of tourists have come into being for the hills when coming back to grasp of the snowfall.