In pics: North India's bone-chilling snowfall

Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 17:38 [IST]

New Delhi, Jan 24: This winter season North India is wearing a "white" thick blanket of snow.

Several parts of North India, including Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, have witnessed heavy snowfall.

Tourists are flocking to Shimla and Kashmir to enjoy the beauty of winter.

If on one hand, tourists are enjoying their vacation in snow-capped hills of North India, bad weather conditions have brought great difficulties to the locals.

Here are some spectacular pics of snowfall:

Train plying on a snow-covered road

A train runs on its tracks amid heavy snowfall in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday. Most places in J&K recorded sub-zero temperatures.

Snowtrain...it seems...!

A railway policeman stands guard as a train runs on its tracks amid heavy snowfall in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday. Most places in J&K recorded sub-zero temperatures.

A view of heavy snowfall in Chamoli

Chamoli : A view of snow covered houses of Auli near Joshimath, Chamoli after heavy snowfall in on Sunday.

Tourists enjoy the snowfall

Tourists enjoying snowfall in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

Snow clearing in Mussoorie

Mussoorie : A snow cutter clears the road after heavy snowfall at Mussoorie in Sunday.

Bone chilling cold in Mussoorie

Mussoorie : Tourists walking along a road during heavy snowfall in Mussoorie on Saturday.

Tourists in Shimla

People walk at historic Ridge Road after fresh snowfall in Shimla on Saturday.

Men at work

Indian Army jawans patrolling after the snowfall of the season in Kashmir.

Dal Lake during heavy snowfall

Tourists on a boat crossing Dal Lake during heavy snowfall in Srinagar on Wednesday. Kashmir valley experienced fresh snowfall prompting authorities to suspend traffic on Srinagar-Jammu.

A dog's shelter home...

A dog takes shelter during heavy snowfall at Ghanta Ghar in Srinagar on Wednesday.

Traffic suspended on Srinagar-Jammu national highway

A cyclist paddling his bycycle during heavy snowfall in Srinagar on Wednesday. Kashmir valley experienced fresh snowfall prompting authorities to suspend traffic on Srinagar-Jammu national highway.