"The National Highway 5 near Chakki Mod near Parwanoo in Solan district is closed again due to the landslide. Restoration work is underway,' the Solan police informed.
This road was opened on Thursday after one week. The Revenue and Horticulture Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Jagat Singh Negi said that over 200 roads are still closed and restoration is underway. He said that the losses continued daily.
About 242 roads, including two national highways, were closed in Himachal Pradesh due to the recent rainfall, according to the state emergency operation center.
Security has been scaled up across Udhampur district in view of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, with security forces patrolling and manning the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
At around 2:35 am to 2:40 am, due to rains, Shimla National Highway 5, between Thambu Mod and Chakki Mod, has been closed due to landslides from the hill, officials said.
The yatra was temporarily halted due to landslides that occurred along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which connects the starting point of the pilgrimage in Jammu to its destination in Srinagar.
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.
The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath from Jammu to Srinagar was suspended on Wednesday due to a landslide on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, officials said.
Amarnath Yatra which was halted at Cahbdrkote base camp in Ramban due to closing of Jammu Srinagar National Highway, has resumed from Chandrkote base camp.
In this regard, the official media handle of Jammu and Kashmir police took to Twitter and said," Traffic update at 0630 hrs: Jammu-Srinagar NHW blocked due to landslide at T2. People are advised not to travel until restoration work is completed."