National Highway-5 has been blocked due on Friday to heavy landslide near Nigulsari in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.
A part of the highway was damaged due to the landslide.
The traffic connectivity to Kinnaur and Spiti was cut off due to the landslide, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/himachal-pradesh-kullu-mandi-highway-closed-following-landslide-amidst-monsoon-deluge-23305705" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">National Highways Authority of India</a> (NHAI) said.
KL Suman, Executive Engineer of the National Highway Authority, said, "The road has started caving in from the top at the landslide. A 380-meter stretch of NH-5 has been damaged due to the landslide."
National Highway 5 was completely blocked near Nigulsari in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/himachal-pradesh-rains-death-would-ve-been-better-than-this-nightmare-23305629" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kinnaur district</a>. About 380 meters of the National Highway completely caved, which disrupted vehicular movement.
There is no alternate route to Kinnaur.
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