Shimla Overcrowding

After huge rush of tourists to Shimla and other hill stations caught the nation's attention amid concerns over a third coronavirus wave, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur today warned against the violation of the government-mandated norms.

Jay, an environmentalist, came to the Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla for work and to get away from the sweltering Delhi summer but what he found was a far cry from the famed hill station solitude.

Seven women and three children from Rajasthan were killed in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district when their overcrowded jeep skidded off the road and fell into a 500-metre-deep gorge, police said today.

Eleven people were killed and fifteen injured when an overcrowded multi-utility vehicle carrying locals fell into a gorge near Timbi on Bakhal-Timbi road of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, police said.

After huge rush of tourists to Shimla and other hill stations caught the nation's attention amid concerns over a third coronavirus wave, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur today warned against the violation of the government-mandated norms.

Jay, an environmentalist, came to the Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla for work and to get away from the sweltering Delhi summer but what he found was a far cry from the famed hill station solitude.

Seven women and three children from Rajasthan were killed in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district when their overcrowded jeep skidded off the road and fell into a 500-metre-deep gorge, police said today.

Eleven people were killed and fifteen injured when an overcrowded multi-utility vehicle carrying locals fell into a gorge near Timbi on Bakhal-Timbi road of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, police said.