Efforts on to restore traffic on Chandigarh-Shimla highway

The Chandigarh-Shimla national highway number 22 was blocked after a major landslide occurred in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district on Monday night, police said.

“Major cracks have developed on the road after the landslide at Kiari Bangla near Kandaghat. The road has sunk on the stretch and has been closed for traffic,” Shimla deputy commissioner Amit Kashyap said on Tuesday morning.

Traffic to Shimla has been diverted through lateral roads connecting Shimla and Kandaghat via Sadhupul.

The police advised people to use alternate routes of Kufri-Kandaghat, Mehli-Kandaghat via Junga and Tutu to Kunihar to avoid inconvenience. Similarly, people coming from Rampur, Rohru, Kotkhai and Chopal may use Chhaila to Solan route via Neripul and Giripul, they said.