Traffic hit on Manali-Leh highway after fresh snow

Mandi, September 13

The Manali-Leh highway was restored for traffic near Baralacha pass in Lahaul & Spiti district of HP today, hours after the local administration shut it following fresh snowfall.

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The Border Roads Organisation pressed into service its personnel and machinery to clear the snow from the highway. However, the Himachal transport corporation’s Keylong depot suspended its Delhi-Leh bus service.

The bus service on the Kullu-Kaza route was also suspended due to fresh snow at Kunzum pass. The Manali-Keylong road also remained blocked for hours as a huge boulder rolled down from the hillside on the road at Nehru Kund near Manali. — TNS