The Shimla-Kinnaur National Highway was blocked near Naptha after rain in the area led to a landslide on Monday, snapping tribal district Kinnaur’s link with Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh.
Rain in many areas of Himachal Pradesh resulted in landslides blocking vehicular traffic on seventy roads.
According to the state’s Emergency Operation Centre, seventy roads — 31 in Mandi, 26 in Shimla, four each in Sirmaur and Kinnaur, two each in Hamirpur and Kullu, including one each in Kangra district were blocked and vehicular traffic affected.
As many as 84 transformers of HP state Electricity Board were down resulting in electricity outage in several areas of the state. Fifty one water supply schemes have been damaged affecting water supply in many areas.
Mausam Vigyan Kendra Shimla has issued a yellow warning predicting heavy rain at isolated places on July 11 and 12.
