The truck, carrying a load of apples, overturned on the Shimla-Kinnaur National Highway near the Mashobra bifurcation on the road connecting to Sunni, Tattapani and Karsog.
HP traffic, tourist and railway police tweeted, “A massive landslide occurred near Parala Mandi, under the Tehsil of Theog, resulting in a complete blockade of traffic in the area.”
Himachal Pradesh government has released Rs 110 crore to restore the link roads in apple belts of the State which were affected due to the floods, an official statement said on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu who visited Kiari panchayat in Kotkhai in Shimla district today, inspected the damaged properties and took estimates of losses caused to the dwellings and the damaged roads. They walked for about one kilometre to reach Kyari Bazar as the road was complet
The Himachal Pradesh State Handicraft and Handloom Corporation Limited will be renamed as 'Himcraft Corporation,' announced the state Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu while presiding over the 9th National Handloom Day function at Gaiety Theatre here on Monday.
The Shimla Police on Saturday arrested five people after a 15-year-old boy was stripped naked, thrashed and paraded in the market on suspicion of stealing from a shop in Himachal Pradesh's Rohru.
The school children are facing difficulties commuting from school to home during the afternoon hours during the past few days in the city as it is heavily raining during the afternoon hours.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu released the debut book titled "Under the Pale Moonlight" by 17-year-old school student Hridayansh Khera in New Delhi on Saturday.