Shimla, April 27 -- Lahaul Spiti and Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh received a fresh spell of snowfall and the state got widespread rain on Saturday.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department high reaches of Lahaul Spiti and Kinnaur got a major spell of snowfall.

Gondola in Lahaul Spiti had eight centimetres of snowfall, Hansa 2.5 cm, Keylong two cm, and Kukamseri 1.5 cm. High passes of Lahaul Spiti got one to two feet of snowfall.

Kothi had 28 mm of rain, Tissa and Dalhousie in Chamba had 10 mm of rainfall each, Palampur & Chamba eight mm, Kalpa in Kinnaur seven mm, Chamba and Dharmshala five mm of rainfall.

In the afternoon the state was lashed by widespread rain or snowfall decreasing the mercury. Lightning and thunders...