Shimla, Feb 7: Highways and roads in several parts of Himachal Pradesh were blocked after moderate to heavy snowfall since early Friday, officers said.

The picturesque tourist resort Manali, Manikaran, known for a Sikh shrine, and Banjar space in Kullu district are stop once snow piled on roads, an official here told.

Connectivity on the Kullu-Manali national route was snapped at Kullu, some 40 km before Manali, that also tough snow.

Most of the internal roads in Kinnaur district are stop due to snow, he said.

Even traffic bound for cities in Shimla district like Narkanda, Jubbal, Kotkhai, Kharapathar and Chopal has been hampered.

According to the weather office here, heavy snow and rain can continue until Sat.

Tourist destination Narkanda tough snowfall whereas rain lashed Shimla, that recorded a low of 4.2 degrees uranologist.

Manali and near  Solang ski slopes tough quite 2 feet of snow.

The minimum temperature in Manali was minus 1.4 degree celsius, the weather workplace here aforesaid. Bhuntar in Kullu district saw 48.4 mm rain.

The city of Kalpa in Kinnaur, around 250 km from here, tough 15.2 cm of snow and recorded a low of minus two.8 degrees celsius.

People are advised to remain inside in Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur districts and not to go through avalanche-prone areas.

Keylong, headquarters of Lahaul-Spiti, saw more than one feet of snow.

Rain lashed lower areas of the state such as Dharamsala, Palampur, Solan, Nahan, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur and Mandi, pulling down temperatures.