Snow cuts off Lahaul-Spiti, floods

block many highways in Himachal

undreds of roads including several national highways have been blocked due to landslides across
the state. The tourist town of Manali has been cut off from district headquarters Kullu and rest of
the state after an overflowing Beas river submerged roads on either side of the river after
torrential rain during the last 24 hours.

Floods triggered by heavy rain and cloudbursts have wreaked havoc in

several districts of Himachal Pradesh while snowfall has cut off Lahaul and
Spiti from the rest of the country.

Hundreds of roads including several national highways have been blocked

due to landslides across the state. The tourist town of Manali has been cut off
from district headquarters Kullu and rest of the state after an overflowing
Beas river submerged roads on either side of the river after torrential rain
during the last 24 hours.

The Army has been called to rescue two persons stranded due to flash floods
in Kangra district, an official said Monday.

They are stranded at Saurabh Van Vihar, a park, in Palampur. Two scooters
and a car were washed away in the flash floods in the area, he said.