Stranded tourists evacuated in Mandi, Kullu

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Updated At : 01:15 PM Dec 28, 2021 IST

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Mandi, December 27

As many as 150 tourists were rescued by the police from the Prashar lake area in Mandi district last night. The were stuck due to a sudden snowfall.

SP Shalini Agnihotri said it took almost 12 hours for a police team to evacuate the stranded tourists from the Prashar lake. In Kullu, around 50 tourist vehicles had been stuck near the Hamta Pass due to the fresh snowfall. The stranded tourists were evacuated by the police and the locals.

SP Kullu Gurdev Chand Sharma said all tourists were evacuated from the Hamta Pass and taken to safe place near Manali. Similarly, a few tourist vehicles were stuck on the Solang-Manali road. The police had launched a rescue operation and evacuated all stranded people. — TNS

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