With the scorching summer season solar obtrusive down on Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan, individuals are making a beeline for hill stations in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Nonetheless, even the quick weekend journey would not appear to be with out its personal set of worries. The chief amongst them is the danger of a landslide.

A video is now going viral on social media, which exhibits a bunch having a detailed shave on NH-707 in Simaur, Himachal Pradesh. The video exhibits individuals speeding out of their automobile as rocks hurtle in the direction of them throughout a landslide.

The video, shot on a cell phone, exhibits bystanders yelling on the group within the automobile at the same time as considered one of them tried to return to the automobile to again it up in an effort to put it aside from harm.

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The automobile didn’t seem to undergo any main harm. It was solely a matter of seconds, although, which saved the occupants protected. No casualty was reported within the incident.

Visitors on the NH-707 stretch was halted after the incident as authorities rushed to clear the best way.

50% Himachal Susceptible To Landslides: Report

The incident got here simply two months after six individuals died in a landslide in Gurdwara Manikaran Sahib in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. The victims had been hit by a tree uprooted by the power of the landslide. 

A report revealed by the Indian Institute of Expertise (IIT), Ropar, in February said that just about 50% of the hill state is vulnerable to landslides and avalanches. As per environmentalists, rampant growth and unchecked development works in hilly areas, equivalent to Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, have contributed to the danger of subsidence and landslides.