Heavy rain triggers landslide in Mandi, leaves commuters stranded for hours

Aug 10, 8:18 pm

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Aug.10 (ANI): Heavy rain triggered a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district on Friday, leaving passengers stranded for hours on the highway.

The highway linking Mandi to Pathankot was blocked for over eleven hours.

The state public works department has begun clearing the highway to restore normal traffic movement.

"I am going to Kullu, we have been stuck here for three to four hours, there was a traffic snarl earlier as well," said Jagvinder, a truck driver.

"This road has been blocked, since 1:30 a.m. in the night. There are a lot of traffic snarls here," said Ram Nath, a resident. (ANI)

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