Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was stuck in Kinnaur district for the past three days since the area was cut off due to landslides triggered by heavy rains, was airlifted on Tuesday. Over a dozen sick and old tourists were also evacuated, an official said.
When the heavy rainfall stopped in the morning, the state deployed a government chopper to ferry the tourists stranded across Kinnaur.
"The chief minister and his staff were airlifted from Sangla (village)," Deputy Commissioner J M Pathania.
At least 15 tourists, most of them sick and old, who were stranded in Sangla, some 275 km from state capital, for the past three days, were airlifted, he said.
He said more sorties would be organised for the tourists later in the day.
On restoring road connectivity to Sangla, he said it would five to six days to reopen all major roads in the district.
Officials said 10 people have been killed, including five members of a family, in various landslide and rain-related incidents in the district since Sunday.
Legislator Jagat Singh Negi said the maximum damage to the property - both government and private - in the district was reported from the Pooh block due to snow.
The Hindustan-Tibet road leading to the China border along Kinnaur is blocked at several locations, said officials.
When the heavy rainfall stopped in the morning, the state deployed a government chopper to ferry the tourists stranded across Kinnaur.
"The chief minister and his staff were airlifted from Sangla (village)," Deputy Commissioner J M Pathania.
At least 15 tourists, most of them sick and old, who were stranded in Sangla, some 275 km from state capital, for the past three days, were airlifted, he said.
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He said more sorties would be organised for the tourists later in the day.
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On restoring road connectivity to Sangla, he said it would five to six days to reopen all major roads in the district.
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Officials said 10 people have been killed, including five members of a family, in various landslide and rain-related incidents in the district since Sunday.
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Legislator Jagat Singh Negi said the maximum damage to the property - both government and private - in the district was reported from the Pooh block due to snow.
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The Hindustan-Tibet road leading to the China border along Kinnaur is blocked at several locations, said officials.
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