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Landslides shut Chandigarh-Manali highway

Traffic on the Chandigarh-Manali national highway between Mandi and Kullu has been blocked following massive landslides along the swollen Beas river in Himachal Pradesh owing to overnight heavy rainfall, police said. The police have stopped vehicular traffic beyond Mandi toward Kullu and from Kullu towards Mandi. Supply of milk, bread, newspaper and other household items was impacted by the closure of the highway, the lifeline of the Kullu-Manali segment.