SHIMLA: A massive landslide at Jeori in Shimla district blocked National Highway-5 (Shimla-Kinnaur highway) on Monday morning.
No casualties have been reported so far as vehicles had stopped in advance on seeing the stones falling from the hill at slide point.
According to the state disaster management authority, the landslide occurred near Jeori area of Rampur sub division in Shimla district at around 9am due to which NH-5 was blocked. The district administration has deployed SDM-Rampur and a police team to assess the situation.
Following the landslide, the national highway authorities have pressed the men and machinery to remove the debris to open the road for vehicular movement.
Landslide at Nigulsari in Kinnaur on August 11 had also occurred at NH-5 while a massive landslide at Batseri in Kinnaur district on July 25, along Karchham-Chhitkul road, had killed 9 people including 8 tourists after heavy boulders fell on the vehicles and the bridge connecting Batseri with rest of Kinnaur district.
A major landslide at Nigulsari on August 11 had buried one HRTC Bus (enroute from Reckong-Peo to Haridwar), 2 cars, one passenger vehicle (Tata Sumo) and one truck under the debris in which a total of 28 people were killed while 13 were injured.
