Auli: Winter games cancelled due to lack of snowfall

As per the latest developments, the winter games that were scheduled to be held in Auli from February 23 to 26, have been cancelled. If reports are to go by, the games have been cancelled due to less snowfall in the region this winter.

Referring to this, the Ski and Snowboard Association of Uttarakhand added that this year, winter games won’t be held due to lack of snowfall, and also confirmed the event’s cancellation. Auli is located barely 11 km away from Joshimath, which as reported earlier, has been hit by land subsidence A number of visitors used to take the ropeway from Joshimath to reach Auli, however, as soon as town’s situation hit the headlines, it has been witnessed that Auli has also taken a hit in terms of footfall.
Revealing more on this, Secretary of the Association, Praveen Sharma, added that earlier, these games were held in Auli from February 2 , but this time, they had to postpone it as there was hardly any snow. He stated that the information they had was that there would be a good spell of snowfall from February 12 to 15, the reason why they rescheduled the event for February 23. However, with very little snow and with temperatures rising, there is less possibility of the event taking place. And under such a scenario, the games are not possible, he pointed out. He also added that the condition was similar in Himachal Pradesh too.

Despite the land subsidence issue at Joshimath, Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj backed the winter games at Auli, as such all preparations were also in place, but unfortunately, the winter games had to be cancelled because there is hardly any snow.