Shimla-Chandigarh highway closed again as landslide hits Chakki Mod 

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SOLAN: The Shimla-Chandiagrh road was closed after a landslide occurred in Solan district early on Friday, police said.

An official said, “On Friday, at around 2.35am, the national highway between Thambu Mod and Chakki Mod was closed due to landslide following rain.”

The road was opened for traffic on Wednesday following the restoration work after it had been closed after a landslide last week.

Meanwhile, the National Centre for Seismology said an earthquake of magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale jolted Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh.