Himachal snowfall: 19 roads blocked in Mandi, 89 transformers out of order

Tribune News Service

Mandi, January 8

As many as 19 roads in Mandi district are blocked due to heavy snowfall in the region. The Public Works Department (PWD) authorities have engaged its workforce and machinery to restore the roads for traffic movement.

As many as 18 roads are blocked in Seraj subdivision, the home Assembly constituency of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, while one road is blocked in Mandi-1 subdivision. The PWD authorities are struggling to restore the roads.

As many as 89 electricity transformers are out of order in different parts of Mandi (80 transformers are out of order in Gohar subdivision, seven in Jogindernagar, and one each in Karsog and Balichowki) while 27 water supply schemes have been disrupted. As a result, a large part of Gohar subdivision is reeling under darkness for the past three days.

Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, Arindam Chaudhari has directed officials of the PWD, HP State Electricity Board and the Jal Shakti Department to restore roads, power supply and water supply schemes at the earliest.