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A red balloon was tethered to the roof of the British-era municipal corporation building in Shimla on December 27 for the first time this season, signalling the opening of Asia's oldest ice-skating rink.
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Rink authorities said a natural coating of thick ice surfaced for the first time in this season, indicating the onset of freezing winter. The locals, mainly youngsters, lost no time in gliding on skates.
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"Today (Dec. 27) widespread thick ice surfaced naturally on the rink and we had first regular session of the season," Bhuvnesh Banga, secretary of the skating club set up in 1920, told IANS.
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Though the ice started to surface three-four days back but now it is widely spread, Banga said, adding the skating session was much delayed owing to lack of natural ice formation. (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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Shimla's minimum temperature was 6.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, following which a thick sheet of naturally-formed ice formed in the rink in the morning. On the start of the session, there were 30-35 skaters, said club organisers.
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