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Lahaul-Spiti residents forcibly enter Rohtang tunnel to reach Manali, lose consciousness midway
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSome residents of Lahaul-Spiti forcibly entered the under-construction Rohtang tunnel around midnight on Tuesday, after waiting all day to gain access and travel to Manali.
Himachal Pradesh rains subside as efforts continue to rescue 1,500 tourists stranded in Lahaul-Spiti district
Ians • 6 years agoThe government and the Indian Air Force stepped up efforts to airlift the thousands stranded since 22 September after landslides in different spots of Himachal Pradesh snapped road links on the hills.
Himachal Pradesh rains: Officials rescue 35 IIT Roorkee from Lahaul-Spiti district; over 1,500 tourists still stranded
Fp Staff • 6 years agoHeavy snowfall on the Rohtang Pass has cut off the Lahaul and Spiti valleys affecting a large number of tourists in Himachal Pradesh.
Himachal Pardesh rains: Toll rises to eight after two men die in road accident in Kinnaur
• 6 years agoThe toll in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh, which is battered by heavy showers, have increased to eight now. Meanwhile, Bhakra Beas Management Board's (BBMB) Assistant Design Engineer (ADE) Arun Bhatia said more than 49,000 cusecs of water from the dam would be released at 3 pm on Tuesday.
Himachal Pradesh: Army rescues two stranded in Kangra flash floods; two scooters, car washed away
• 6 years agoThe Army rescued two persons stranded due to flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, an official said on Monday. They were stranded at Saurabh Van Vihar, a park, in Palampur. Two scooters and a car were washed away in the flash floods in the area, he said.
Himachal Pradesh rains: IAF chopper deployed, 19 rescued at Dobi in Kullu district after flash floods
• 6 years agoHe said the chopper was requisitioned on the direction of chief minister Jai Ram Thakur and the stranded people were rescued safely. Presiding over a meeting to take stock of situation in view of heavy rains for the last few days in the state, particularly in four districts of Kullu, Chamba, Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti, Thakur directed the officers to take all precautionary measures to minimise loss to life and property.
Himachal Pradesh rains trigger landslides, flash floods; swelling Beas river washes vehicles away in Manali, Kullu
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMost regions in Himachal Pradesh are experiencing heavy to extremely heavy rain, causing landslides in some areas and also blocking highways.
On World Environment Day 2018, awash in trash, mounds of plastic rob Rohtang Pass of picturesque beauty
Ians • 7 years agoPackets of potato chips, plastic bottles, beer cans are threatening the ecology of the Rohtang Pass, as local authorities disregard ecological concerns.
Snow Country: Its dazzling beauty blinds; only those who live with it know the ruthlessness of snow
Manik Sharma • 7 years agoWinter sees people flocking to the hills, looking for snow. Lost between the negative press for the Indian summer and the picture-postcard imagery is the reality of snow's ruthlessness to those who must live with it | #FirstCulture
Vicky Roy’s 'Mountainscapes' photos bring harrowing decline of Himachal's hills to the fore
Manik Sharma • 7 years agoIn Mountainscapes, Vicky Roy talks about human interference and disruption in Himachal Pradesh without including a single human in any of his photographs