Group of 12 people are stranded in Sissu area of
Lahaul-Spiti district due to heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh.Reportedly out
of 12 people, 10 are scholars who had gone to Lahaul-Spiti district to study a
World Bank-funded government project. These people were deputed to study the
horticulture development project from November 23 to November 27.Due to
snowfall, the roads have been blocked here and the Border Roads Organization
(BRO) has already closed the vehicular moment in the under-construction Rohtang
tunnel.One of the scholars, Kiran on phone said that they had entered the
Lahaul Spiti from Manali through under construction Rohtang tunnel and were
supposed to come back today.
