A landslide at Jeori in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district blocked National Highway 5 (Shimla-Kinnaur) on Monday. Traffic came to a standstill even though no casualties have been reported so far. Vehicles stopped when people saw the stones falling from the hill at the slide point.
According to the state disaster management authority, the landslide occurred near Jeori area of the Rampur subdivision in Shimla district at around 9 am due to which NH-5 was blocked. The district administration has deployed SDM, Rampur, and a police team to assess the situation. Operations are currently underway to remove the debris and open the road for vehicular movement. “DPCR has informed that an incident of landslide occurred near Jeori sub-division Rampur district, Shimla, due to which NH5 road has been blocked. No human or property loss reported by the authority concerned yet,” the state emergency operation center said. Himachal Pradesh has seen several landslides in the monsoon season in the past few months. Last week, landslides, triggered by heavy rainfall, damaged three vehicles in Shimla’s Vikas Nagar area. On August 22, another landslide in Shimla led to the blockage of Khalini road. A massive landslide had occurred near Nalda village of Lahaul and Spiti district, blocking the flow of Chenab river last month.
