Traffic blocked on Chandigarh-Manali NH after landslip

Tribune News Service

Mandi, January 10

The Chandigarh-Manali highway has been blocked for traffic movement at 7 Mile, a few km from Mandi bus stand in Mandi district this evening due to a massive landslide. As a result, traffic movement has come to a halt on this road.

The landslip resulted in a long traffic jam on both sides of the road. The police have diverted the traffic to Kullu from Mandi via Grahan, Sivabadar and Pandoh for light vehicles. From Manali to Chandigarh, the traffic has been diverted from Pandoh through Gohar and Dadour chowk.

Mandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Shalini Agnihotri said that police force has been deployed in the area to clear the traffic jam from both sides of the road.

The National Highways Authority of India has engaged its workforce and machinery in clearing the debris from the highway but darkness was proving a major hindrance in the restoration work.