Himachal Pradesh: National Highway 5 reopens 10 days after Kinnaur landslide
The National Highway (NH) 5 has reopened for traffic after being blocked for 10 days due to a significant landslide in Kinnaur district. Initially, it was opened for pedestrians in the morning, and later one-way traffic was restored, as per officials.
KL Suman, Executive Engineer of the National Highway Authority, said, “The road has started caving in from the top at the landslide. A 380-meter stretch of NH-5 has been damaged due to the landslide.”
On September 8, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said that the traffic connectivity to Kinnaur and Spiti was cut off due to the landslide and hence a substantial number of vehicles, including trucks carrying apples and peas, were stranded.
