Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Sunday visited the rain and flood-hit areas of Shimla district in the hill state.
Stretches of National Highway-5, at Broni Nallah and Khaneri in the Shimla district and Kaksthal in the Kinnaur district, were blocked owing to landslides after heavy showers in Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday.
Persistent downpours in the Shimla district have blocked the National Highway in the Jeori Village and the Broni Nallah near Jhakri Village in the region, officials said on Wednesday.
“Initially ten were injured and were taken to hospital. Later I got confirmation that one person died in the hospital," Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi, Superintendent of Shimla district Police said.
"Tomorrow three central teams are reaching Chandigarh, they will be visiting Mandi, Kullu and Rohru areas of Shimla district," Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi said.
"Shimla District and Police administration have been given strict instructions regarding the preparations related to the apple season and the transportation of apples through trucks with GPS will be ensured", said Jagat Singh Negi, Horticulture Minister.
In this regard, Superintendent of Police Shimla District Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi said that along with River Guards near the rivers, signage would be placed which will mention not to go near the banks of the river.
Four people died, and one got injured critically in a severe road accident on Bhadrash Rohru link road near Shalun Kaichi in the Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh, Rampur Police officials said.
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has taken serious note of the deplorable state of affairs with regard to filling up of vacancies of teaching and non-teaching staff at Government Degree College in Kupvi, Shimla.
While presiding over the concluding function of the two-day district-level Sipur Mela at Mashobra in Shimla district, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said, "State government was well aware of the problems of the rural areas and would come up with a scheme to strengthen the rural