Shimla Landslide

A major landslide blocked a road on National Highway 707 near Shimla's Rohana after heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh. The highway, which connects Hatkoti and Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh, has been closed.

Two labourers were killed in a landslide that occurred on the outskirts of state capital Shimla on Tuesday morning, police said.

The iconic Shimla toy train resumed its scenic journey to Kalka on Tuesday, over a month after a section of railway tracks were left hanging in the air when a landslide swept away the earth underneath in Himachal Pradesh.

The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill town Shimla.

The landslide-hit Krishna Nagar area of Shimla city, where a slaughter house was buried under debris leaving several animals dead, has been declared as a containment zone in view of the risk of spread of disease.

Shimla has witnessed several landslides in the past weeks with the toll in rain-related incidents in the district in the past 10 days rising to 26, which include 17 deaths in Summer Hill landslide, five in Fagli and two in Krishna Nagar.

Over 50 people were stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district following a cloudburst and have been rescued by the NDRF, officials said on Friday.

As many as 17 bodies have been recovered so far after the tragic landslide in the Summer Hill area of the rain-battered Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh on August 14, the official said on Sunday.

Heavy rain warning has been issued for hill states Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which have been the worst disaster this monsoon.

The death count from the monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh climbed to 74 on Thursday, as rescue workers pulled out another body from the rubble of a Shiva temple in Shimla while two more were killed in Chamba.

The surviving members of a family who lost seven of their loved ones - three generations in total - in a landslide in Shimla are desperately waiting for rescuers to find the bodies.

At Shimla's Summer Hill, a section of railway tracks hangs in the air after the earth under it was swept away during the deluge in Himachal Pradesh over the past few days.

A family lost members spanning three generations after the temple in the Summer Hill area of rain-battered Shimla district was washed away following a landslide triggered by Monday's cloudburst.

A massive landslide was reported in Shimla's Summer Hill area on Wednesday, an official said.

At least four houses perched on a hillside in Shimla have been washed away by a landslide caused by heavy rain, which has been battering parts of Himachal Pradesh since last week. Two people have died and 5-10 are feared trapped.

A major landslide blocked a road on National Highway 707 near Shimla's Rohana after heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh. The highway, which connects Hatkoti and Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh, has been closed.

Two labourers were killed in a landslide that occurred on the outskirts of state capital Shimla on Tuesday morning, police said.

The iconic Shimla toy train resumed its scenic journey to Kalka on Tuesday, over a month after a section of railway tracks were left hanging in the air when a landslide swept away the earth underneath in Himachal Pradesh.

The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill town Shimla.

The landslide-hit Krishna Nagar area of Shimla city, where a slaughter house was buried under debris leaving several animals dead, has been declared as a containment zone in view of the risk of spread of disease.

Shimla has witnessed several landslides in the past weeks with the toll in rain-related incidents in the district in the past 10 days rising to 26, which include 17 deaths in Summer Hill landslide, five in Fagli and two in Krishna Nagar.

Over 50 people were stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district following a cloudburst and have been rescued by the NDRF, officials said on Friday.

As many as 17 bodies have been recovered so far after the tragic landslide in the Summer Hill area of the rain-battered Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh on August 14, the official said on Sunday.

Heavy rain warning has been issued for hill states Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which have been the worst disaster this monsoon.

The death count from the monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh climbed to 74 on Thursday, as rescue workers pulled out another body from the rubble of a Shiva temple in Shimla while two more were killed in Chamba.

The surviving members of a family who lost seven of their loved ones - three generations in total - in a landslide in Shimla are desperately waiting for rescuers to find the bodies.

At Shimla's Summer Hill, a section of railway tracks hangs in the air after the earth under it was swept away during the deluge in Himachal Pradesh over the past few days.

A family lost members spanning three generations after the temple in the Summer Hill area of rain-battered Shimla district was washed away following a landslide triggered by Monday's cloudburst.

A massive landslide was reported in Shimla's Summer Hill area on Wednesday, an official said.

At least four houses perched on a hillside in Shimla have been washed away by a landslide caused by heavy rain, which has been battering parts of Himachal Pradesh since last week. Two people have died and 5-10 are feared trapped.