At Chakki Mod near Parwanoo in the state’s Solan district, the National Highway number 5 that runs across Himachal Pradesh has been momentarily closed by landslides, according to police.
The rehabilitation work is already in progress, according to the officials.
The Police reported that landslides forced the closure of the Highway again on Friday after it was opened for light vehicles on Thursday.
As a result of boulders and stones falling on the car they were riding in in the state’s Kullu district, a six-year-old kid was murdered and several other people were injured, according to authorities today.
In their automobile on Friday when rocks and stones fell on it, four family members—two of them were children—were reportedly present.
Another child sustained injury on his eye but was declared to be out of danger, they said.
The family hailed from Sundernagar of Mandi district and they were on their way from Kullu when the mishap took place.
The Shimla-Kalka road on the National Highway-5 was shut after a landslide in the State’s Solan district in the early hours of Friday. This road was opened on Thursday after one week.
According to officials, over 200 roads across the state are still closed due to heavy rainfall and subsequent incidents of landslides and falling of debris from hill.
“There are over 200 roads closed in the state and restoration is underway, over 200 electricity supply schemes are also chamfered. Our teams and officers are in the field,” State Revenue and Horticulture Minister, Jagat Singh Negi said on Friday.
