Two tourists from Delhi die of cold in Himachal

Three persons, including two tourists from Delhi, have died in Himachal Pradesh which reeled under intense cold wave, while the arterial Jammu-Srinagar Highway could not be restored for traffic for the second day on Wednesday due to snowfall.

Two tourists from Delhi, Satyajit Singh (30) who had come to enjoy snow with his family, and Lakhpatra Gupta (75) died in the hill state on Tuesday.

Satyajit , who was newly married, died while he was enjoying a horse ride at tourist resort of Kufri, the police said.