690 roads, including 3 National Highways, blocked in Himachal

As many as 690 roads, including three National Highways (NH), remained blocked for vehicular traffic on Thursday as torrential rain continued to wreak havoc across the state.

As per the State Emergency Operation Centre, 320 roads, including NH-3, were closed in Mandi district, while as many as 132 roads, including NH-305, were blocked in Kullu district. Similarly, as many as 56 roads in Shimla, 54 in Sirmour, 34 in Kangra, 30 in Una, 27 in Solan, 19 in Bilaspur, 15 in Hamirpur and three, including NH-5, in Kinnaur district were blocked for vehicular movement.

Also, as many as 2,349 distribution transformers, including 1,021 in Mandi, 859 in Kullu, 302 in Solan, 98 in Una, 49 in Hamirpur, eight in Kinnaur and six each in Shimla and Kangra district remain disrupted. Also, as many as 234 water supply schemes including 88 in Kullu, 49 in Hamirpur, 33 in Mandi, 18 in Solan, eight in Kangra, three in Sirmour and one in Una also remained disrupted, causing inconvenience to people.

Meanwhile, heavy rain is very likely to continue across the state as the state's Meteorological Department has issued an orange weather warning for Solan and Bilaspur districts and yellow weather warning for Shimla, Mandi, Hamirpur, Una, Kangra, Kullu, Kinnaur and Sirmour districts for Thursday.