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Shimla highway blocked after landslide in Rampur, no casualty reported so far

Himachal Pradesh has been witnessing landslides following heavy rainfall during the Monsoon season

|Sep 06, 2021, 12:12:06 IST

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh: National Highway-5 has been blocked due to landslide at Jeori near Rampur in Shimla district, informed the state emergency centre."DPCR has informed that an incident of landslide occurred near Jeori-sub-division Rampur district, Shimla, due to which NH5 road has been blocked. No human or property loss reported by the authority concerned yet," the state emergency operation centre said in a bulletin. The district administration has deployed sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Rampur and a police team to assess the situation.The state has been recording spells of heavy rainfall during the Monsoon season. This has resulted in landslides as well.Earlier on 28 August, Chandigarh-Manali National Highway (NH3) was blocked due to a landslide between Aut and Pandoh in the Mandi district

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