This leaves 200 Tourists and Locals Stranded…
On Sunday, a Flash flood hit the Bagipul area of Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district.
A total of 200 people were stranded, police said.
Sanjeev Sood, DSP Padhar, Mandi District Police told News Agency ANI, "More than 200 tourists and locals are stranded near Baggi Bridge on Mandi Prashar Road."
He further added that people are being evacuated to safer places in the region.
The Mandi police informed that the road leading to Parashar ahead of Kamand was closed due to a flood after a cloudburst in Mandi.
The police said that a bus of students from Chamba and many vehicles that were coming back from Parashar got stuck.
"Facilities have been arranged for their overnight stay as there is no possibility of the road opening till morning", the police said.
Meanwhile, landslides have occurred at many places between Charmile to Satmile on Pandoh-Mandi NH in the state.
The police informed us that the National Highway has been closed and will take time to open.
"Small vehicles from Kullu pass through Chail Chowk from Pandoh towards Sunder Nagar Chandigarh to Ner Chowk", the officials informed.
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