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Himachal regions cut off due to heavy snow
Shimla:
The Kinnaur district and Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh remained
isolated from the rest of the state for the sixth day today due to heavy
snowfall and landslides. Work to re-establish power supply to Kinnaur
and Spiti, and to clear the National Highway (Hindustan-Tibet road) has
been hindered due to the heavy snowfall. The Kirtpur-Manali National Highway,
which was open upto Manali on Friday, has been opened upto Palching and
efforts are being made to open the road upto Solang Nallah. Some of the
power houses in the region were also damaged due to heavy landslides in
the region. The BASPA stage-11 (300 mw) hydro-power project had a blackout
on Friday and experts from Delhi have been called to review the loss and
to carry out the power generation again. The minimum temperature recorded
is between three to four degrees Celsius in Shimla, Sundernagar and Bhuntar
while in areas of Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti and Pangi, temperature is recorded
between minus 10 and minus 25 degrees Celsius.
-Jan
21, 2006
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