Snow and Incessant rainfall wreak havoc three national highway & many roads off in Himachal
Incessant rainfall continue for last three days wreaked havoc as including three National Highway 25 roads blocked by landslides and hundreds of power supply schemes disrupted in the state.
Deputy commissioner Kinnaur Abid Husain Sadik said that an incident of Shooting Stone occurred at Village Urni in Sub-Tehsil Tapri disrupting vehicular traffic on Hindustan Tibet National Highway-5 as heavy boulder damage the Urni steel bridges. He said that no loss of life reported however all vehicular movement has been stop till Administeration open the bridge after the repair.
Fifteen roads are closed down due to landslide and washing down of road in Kullu district as nine link road are off in Banjar subdivision, four in Nirmand and two in ManaliManali-Leh NH-003 is closed due to fresh snowfall at Baralacha pass in Lahaul Spiti district , NH- 305 in Kullu also closed due to heavy rainfall.District Emergency Operation Centre Kullu informed that an incident of Landslide occurred at Nehru KundManali. Due to which one road closed . BRO and local police was informed about the landslides to clear the NH-305. Five link road closed in Mandi district and one each in Shimla and Chamba.
Power Supply also disrupted due to inclement weather conditions as 156 power supply substation affectted by the rain including 103 in Thalot of Kullu, 25 in Rajgarh of Sirmaur, 24 in Manali and four in Kullu.
Tourist Manali recorded 97 mm rainfall till 0830hrs on Monday, Dharmshala 56.8 mm, Palampur 38.6 mm and Kangra 32 mm, Keylong 21 mm, Sundernagar 16 mm and Bhuntar 15 mm and Una 19 mm.