As many as 2,000 tourists stranded in Kasol area of Kullu district owing to incessant rainfall have been evacuated safely, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on July 12. Several hotels and tourism units offered free stay and food to the stranded tourists, and shared the addresses and contact numbers of their hotels on social networking sites. About …
Himachal rains: The Chandigarh-Manali national highway was shut down as a result of flash floods and landslides, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, according to officials on Monday. Due to a heavy downpour, Khotinallah near Aut, 40 kilometers from Mandi town, on the Pandoh-Kullu stretch, experienced flash floods, leaving commuters stranded since Sunday evening. …
Amidst intermittent shooting stones on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, the stranded vehicles were being cleared by the traffic police authorities on Thursday, said officials. Traffic was disrupted on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway following a landslide near Ramban town. “The NH-44 was blocked due to a landslide at Cafeteria Morh in Ramban around 1 am on Thursday and …
Four fishermen from Keela Vaippar village in Thoothukudi district, who were reportedly stranded mid-sea since Friday, were brought back safely to shore, by a rescue team, said Thoothukudi District Collector K. Senthil Raj on Saturday. Speaking to reporters, he said that the four fishermen had ventured into the sea in a vallam boat early on Friday for fishing, but did …
