Heavy rains trigger landslides across the state

Moderate to heavy rains lashed several parts of the state today, triggering landslides at several places.
The Mandi-Kullu-Manali road was blocked at Pandoh restricting vehicular movement.
Some of the link roads in the interior areas of Mandi were also blocked and efforts were made to clear the roads at the earliest as the apple marketing season is already at its peak.
The local MeT department has predicted a wet spell in the region for the next week.
Gohar which received 128 mm of rains was the wettest in the past 24 hours followed by Renuka 76 mm, Pandoh 71 mm, Jogindernagar 69 mm.

Minimum temperatures too increased by few notches. Manali shivered at 4 degrees Celcius and was followed by Kalpa which recorded a temperature of 14.8 degrees Celcius.
There was no appreciable change in the maximum temperatures at Una where the temperature recorded was 35 degrees Celcius.